Sarah Wairimu denied bond over Cohen murder amid allegations of intimidating police officer
Sarah Wairimu denied bond over Cohen murder amid allegations of intimidating police officer
Court denies Sarah Wairimu bond plea over Tob Cohen murder amid allegations of intimidating police officer.
For the second day, the home of the late Dutch businessman Tob Cohen in Kitisuru was transformed into a high court as two witnesses took the stand to testify.
One of the witnesses, a scene-of-crime officer, told the court that the crime scene had been tampered with, a scene that had been handed over to the custody of the main suspect, Sarah Wairimu, just last month.
However, that order was vacated after the discovery of the interference. Wairimu faced another setback when the court denied her bond application, citing allegations that she had intimidated a police officer involved in the case.
Three witnesses have now taken the stand since Thursday. Among them, a retired scene-of-crime police officer, who once served as a photographer, shared gripping details of the discovery, revealing how an underground water tank was uncovered, initially concealed beneath a pile of branches and discarded furniture.
“After we went close he showed there was something underneath that heap, after removing the heap so we could see part of the water tank,” Frank Anunda, one of the witnesses, claimed.
The officer went on to explain that the top cover of the tank had been cemented shut, but upon further inspection, they discovered another lid inside.
This was eventually opened, revealing a shocking scene. What stunned the investigators was the clear tampering with the tank’s system. The floater, which regulates the water flow, had been interfered with, causing the water to stop flowing into the tank.
It was in this altered tank system that they found Cohen’s body, which had been covered twice among other items, including plastic sheets, further concealing the grim discovery.
“These are the close-ups showing clearly the legs and the hands how they were tied, yani walikaza sana miguu na mikono, we noticed also after removing the red material on the head there was another material, they used something like a screen to cover the eyes,” Anunda added.
Anunda, who led the court through the compound, took them from the underground water tank to the house, where investigators believe visitors may have been present during the period Tob Cohen went missing.
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He testified that there was clear interference with the crime scene, a stark contrast to the condition in 2019 when police first discovered the body of the missing tycoon. Notably, Sarah Wairimu, the main suspect in the case, had been granted custody of the property just last month.
“This place was not looking like this. It seems like they want to plant somethings, but during that time, there wasn’t and the second thing is the place did not have a fence,” the witness pointed out.
“All the witness who have testified before me have told the court that there have been alteration to the property, there are additions things that have been added to the property that were not there during the time of the offence, the property is handed to OCS Spring Valley Police Station, the OCS shall not have access to this premises without my orders,” Judge Diana Mochache ruled.
Sarah Wairimu, who has been in custody since her arrest in January, suffered another setback after the court rejected her bond application.
In her ruling, Justice Diana Mochache referenced an incident on Friday morning, where a police officer testified that Wairimu had intimidated her three times during the ongoing trial.
“The accused needs first to show remorse which she has not done before this court can vacate it’s orders, I will direct that an affidavit be sworn by the accused person and filed in court by the advocate and the accused shall commit she shall not intimidate, threaten or in anyway approach the prosecution witness,” the judge stated.
The prosecution has lined up 78 witnesses it hopes will strengthen its case and secure a conviction against the main suspect, Sarah Wairimu, the widow of the late Tob Cohen.
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