This archive report was first published on 3 October 2019.
On September 13, 2019, the body of Tob Cohen, a Dutch businessman, was found inside an underground water tank at his home in Nairobi, Kenya.
His wife, Sarah Wairimu, was accused of killing him between July 19 and 20, 2019, jointly with others not before the court on the fateful day he went missing.
Wairimu was arrested and detained at a police station in connection with his killing. She was later allowed to take plea after her lawyer, Philip Murgor, was allowed to continue representing her.
However, Cohen's family had raised objection to Murgor's representation on grounds that he was still a state counsel under the Directorate of Public Prosecution which is prosecuting the matter.
On October 3, 2019, the defence lawyer managed to convince the court that he had resigned from his prosecutorial role, which he made public, despite the plaintiff lawyer, Cliff Ombeta, arguing that there was no public notice to that effect.
Wairimu has denied killing her husband, and the suspect shall remain in custody pending bail application hearing slated for October 4, 2019, from 2pm.
The two former lovers were embroiled in a messy divorce and assault case over multi-million properties in Nairobi that included the palatial Kitusuru home, and a property situated along Farasi Lane.
