Tob Cohen Murder: Sarah Wairimu's Bid to Have Murder Charges Dropped Flops

The High Court has dismissed murder suspect Sarah Wairimu’s application seeking to stop her prosecution. 

Wairimu, who is accused of killing her Dutch husband Tob Cohen, sought to have the murder charges leveled against dropped.

She argued that the decision to charge her with the murder of the Dutch tycoon was in bad faith, adding that the move was part of a scheme to deny her the right to inherit her matrimonial property.

Wairimu alleged that her husband was killed when she was held in custody over his disappearance by people who are well known and are enjoying the protection officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

“My husband was murdered by people who wanted to grab our Sh500 million matrimonial home in Kitisuru. They had me arrested on August 28th, 2020, then colluded with investigators to implicate me after planting his body in a septic tank while I was in custody,” Wairimu said in an affidavit.

But in a ruling on Thursday, Justice James Kamau said he lacks the jurisdiction to hear the application.

“If she was dissatisfied with the ruling of either the family or criminal court she should have appealed but not pursue her case before this court,” Justice Makau ruled.

Wairimu’s attorney senior counsel Phillip Murgor vowed to appeal the ruling as advised by judge Kamau.

Cohen, who had lived in Kenya for 32 years, went missing on July 19th, 2019 before he was found dead on September 13th. 

His decomposed body was retrieved from an underground tank at his home in Kitisuru estate and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Nairobi on September 24th, 2019.

An autopsy revealed that the deceased suffered severe head trauma inflicted by a blunt object and succumbed to a blow to the right side of the head.