French man granted UK stay until 2031 charged in child murder case
A two-year-old girl was found dead in Chertsey as police said murder suspect Kevin Kerjean was legally in the UK and not linked to an asylum seeker HMO.
Kevin Kerjean has been charged with murder after a two-year-old girl was found dead at a home on Pyrcroft Road in Chertsey, Surrey. Surrey Police said the 31-year-old French national, who was born in the Central African Republic, appeared before Guildford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 27 June 2026 and was remanded in custody.
The force also moved to correct online speculation surrounding the case. Police said the Home Office confirmed Kerjean legally entered the UK, applied for European Union Settled Status in December 2020, was granted leave to remain in March 2021 and then received an extension allowing him to stay until March 2031. Officers said claims that the incident took place in an asylum seeker house in multiple occupation were incorrect.
That clarification matters because the public debate around violent crime and migration often collapses different legal categories into one another. Surrey Police said the case is being treated as a family setting involving people known to each other, not as a wider immigration-related incident, and officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death. Under GOV.UK guidance, indefinite leave to remain is settlement permission that gives a person the right to live, work and study in the UK for as long as they like.
Detectives were called to the property at around 5.40pm on Thursday 25 June 2026 following reports of a concern for safety. When officers arrived, they found the child dead at the address. Surrey Police have used the major crime reference PR/SYP-20260625-0759 while asking witnesses to come forward.
Kerjean is charged with murder, rape of a child under 13 and sexual assault of a child under 13. He is due to appear at Guildford Crown Court on Monday 29 June 2026 as the prosecution moves from the magistrates’ court to the next stage.
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