This archive report was first published on 18 October 2019.
On October 18, 2019, Sarah Wairimu Cohen filed an application at the High Court seeking to have Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti detained for a period of six months for contempt of court.
According to a letter by Kinoti's lawyer Donald Kipkorir, the DCI is currently out of the country on official assignment and has asked Sarah's lawyer Philip Murgor to serve his lawyer with the application.
“…at the moment he is out of the country on official assignment but read online that you filed contempt of proceedings against him,” reads the letter by Kipkorir to Murgor.
“He has inquired from his office and they confirmed that you haven’t served them with the alleged application.”
High Court Judge Jessie Lessit had last month barred the DCI as well as the prosecution from addressing the media on the investigations and evidence in the murder of the Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen.
Through lawyer Phillip Murgor, Sarah argued that DCI Kinoti disregarded the court orders by inferring her guilt.
She is out on a cash bail of Ksh. 2 million, having denied charges of killing her husband Tob Cohen.
