This archive report was first published on 14 September 2019.
Sarah Wairimu's Lawyer Claims She Cooperated with Detectives in Tob Cohen Murder Probe ¶
On September 14, 2019, Sarah Wairimu's lawyer Philip Murgor addressed the media at his office in Nairobi, stating that his client had cooperated well with detectives investigating the murder of her husband Tob Cohen.
According to Murgor, Wairimu showed police officers every corner of their home, including a panic room under Cohen's bed. A panic room is a secret space in a house where occupants often hide in case of attack or intrusion.
On August 10, 2019, police took Wairimu from Muthaiga to her home, where they searched every place in the house. She showed them the secret panic room beneath Tob's bedroom, which she never used to sleep in with him.
However, Murgor read mischief in the manner in which investigators conducted the probe. He accused the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti of working with media houses to report lies about Cohen's disappearance.
The Dutch national went missing between July 19 and 20, 2019, after filing a divorce case with his Kenyan wife, now a key suspect in the murder probe. The two lovers had been embroiled in a messy divorce and assault case over multi-million properties in Nairobi, including the palatial Kitusuru home.
On September 14, 2019, the body of 71-year-old Tob Cohen was retrieved from an underground water storage tank that had been completely sealed with fresh concrete and covered with bushy wood cuttings.
