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Briton to face murder charges over girlfriend's death in Nairobi

Carl Singleton, 41, from Cumbria, was arrested on suspicion of murdering 22-year-old Ashley Agumbi, a University of Nairobi student
 Carl Singleton, 41, from Cumbria, was arrested on suspicion of murdering 22-year-old Ashley Agumbi, a University of Nairobi student  PHOTO: COURTESY

Nairobi, Kenya: Police are holding a British national in connection with the death of his diabetic girlfriend after he flushed her medicine into the toilet in their house in Gachie, Nairobi.

According to police, 41-year-old Carl Cary Singleton willingly destroyed the medical drugs of his fiancée where he held her hostage for two days after beating her.

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