The Kibera High Court has once again denied bail to Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, the woman accused of murdering Dutch businessman Tob Cohen, following revelations that she had fraudulently obtained a second passport while her original travel document remained in police custody. Lady Justice Diana Mochache delivered the ruling that will keep Wairimu at Langata Women’s […]
The murder trial of Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, accused of killing her husband, Dutch businessman Tob Cohen, resumed Friday at the High Court in Nairobi, with prosecutors revisiting grim details of the crime scene at the couple’s Kitisuru residence. Key testimony came from Frank Anunda, a retired officer from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Crime […]
Kibera High Court has denied Sarah Wairimu Cohen bond after the prosecution opposed her release. Wairimu, the widow of the late Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen will be remanded at Langata women’s prison until two key witnesses testify. She is alleged to have murdered her husband on the 19th of July 2019 in the Lower Kabete […]
The family of the late Tob Cohen has requested that Sarah Wairimu be barred from accessing the Farasi Lane residence, where Cohen’s body was discovered. This request even came as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) opposed Sarah’s bail application. In opposing her bail, Advocate Pearlyne Omamo told Justice Diana Kavedza that allowing her to […]
Businesswoman Sarah Wairimu was today charged in connection with the murder of Dutch businessman Tob Cohen in 2019. Wairimu appeared before Kibera High Court Judge Diana Mochache Kadveza, where she denied the charges. The court heard that Wairimu allegedly committed the offense on the night of July 21-22, 2019, in the Lower Kabete area. She […]
Wairimu was arrested on Thursday after the DPP DPP Renson Igonga said they have overwhelming evidence showing that Wairimu murdered Cohen on the night of July 19 and 20, 2019, at Lower Kabete Area, within Nairobi County.
Wairimu, who was picked up from her home, is currently being held at Kilimani Police Station and is expected to be arraigned in Kibera Law Courts on Friday to face fresh murder charges.
A city lawyer Peter Wanyama acting for Judge Kantai Ole Sankale in court matters is said to be intimidating former Kantai’s driver not to expose him to Authorities. In affidavit filed in court,Wanyama together with Kantai’s brother have been warning Jackton Lutoma,the former personal driver to the judge against assisting the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) in […]
The widow of Dutch businessman Tob Cohen has won the first round court battle to control the multi-million-shilling estate owned by her late husband. The High Court Judge, Justice Mugure Thande, suspended a grant of letters of the estate administration given to Sarah Wairimu’s brother-in-law, Bernard Cohen, on May 18, 2021, based on Cohen’s last […]
The family of the late billionaire businessman Tob Cohen has filed petition before the Judicial Service Commission seeking the removal of Appellate Court Judge Sankale ole Kantai. The family through Cohen’s sister Gabriel Hannah Van Straten further wants the petition heard expeditiously to ensure the judge is removed or he resigns voluntarily for violation of […]
The family of the late Dutch businessman Tob Cohen has filed a petition at the Public Service Commission seeking the removal from office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji that they say is mishandling the murder case of their kin. The family claims the DPP is interfering with investigations further accusing him of protecting people perceived as influential from prosecution. Through their lawyers […]
Sarah Wairimu Cohen, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon late Tob Cohen has sued George Kinoti-led DCI and Noordin Haji’s DPP and demanding Sh500 Million in what she terms as illigal detention of their Kitusuru home. In the lawsuit, Sarah say her Kitusuru property is estimated to be worth Sh400 million of value and is […]
The Late hawk to Kenya’s old party and father of multiparty KANU, JJ Kamotho’s daughter, MaryAnne Nyokabi, is on the frying pan after the Directorate of Criminal Investigation issued her warrant of arrest over links to the death of Tob Cohen. According to DCI sources, Nyokabi Kamotho is alleged to have met and had coffee […]
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