This archive report was first published on 15 September 2019.
Published on September 15, 2019, Nairobi — The High Court has directed Sarah Wairimu's state of mind to be examined before she can take a plea in the murder case of her husband, Tob Cohen.
Wairimu is expected to face murder charges alongside another suspect arrested on Friday. The two suspects will appear before Lady Justice Jessie Lesiit, who heads the High Court Criminal Division.
Wairimu has been in custody for more than two weeks after police arrested her following the disappearance of her husband in July. Detectives retrieved Cohen's body from an underground water tank on Friday, inside his Kitusuru home.
According to the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti, preliminary investigations established that Cohen was killed right inside his house.
"They took their time, to kill innocent Cohen," Kinoti said, visibly emotional. "I don't have enough words to describe it. Cohen was murdered in his own residence. It was a gruesome murder."
According to a charge sheet filed in court, "Sarah Wairimu Kamotho on the night of 19 and 20 July jointly with others not before court murdered Tob Chichou Cohen." Wairimu's lawyer Phillip Murgor has questioned the circumstances that led to Cohen's body being discovered. "Why after this long? A smart investigator would have started with these areas before anywhere else," Murgor said in a press briefing on Saturday.
