Sarah Wairimu, the widow of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen on Wednesday asked the court to allow her to manage the deceased’s company, Tobs Kenya Gold Safaris.
Wairimu, who was charged with the murder Cohen, told High Court Justice Stella Mutuku that she co-owned the company with her husband and fears it will collapse if she is not granted permission to run it.
She further sought to have the court order police to release her dogs to her, saying authorities seized the pets without any reasonable justification. Wairimu, 53, also wants police officers ordered to vacate Cohen’s Kitisuru home, accusing them of “taking over” her property thus giving undue advantage to her husband’s siblings in the battle for control of his estate.
But the prosecution opposed Wairimu’s application to have police expelled from the Kitisuru home, arguing that the house is a primary crime scene and that Wairimu should not be allowed to access it as that would compromise the case. The State also opposed Wairimu’s application to have her vehicle given back to her.
Cohen, who had lived in Kenya for 32 years, went missing on July 19th this year before he was found dead on September 13th. His decomposed body was retrieved from an underground water tank at his home in Kitisuru estate and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery in Nairobi on September 24th.
A postmortem examination revealed that the deceased suffered a severe head trauma inflicted by a blunt object and succumbed to a blow to the right side of the head.
No! Let the company collapse…
No! Let the company collapse so Wairimu can learn a good lesson that killing a human being for money is not acceptable! She is only concerned about possessing a dead man’s money! What a shame, what a shame and what a shame!!??
… And the Scheming…
… And the Scheming continues. What she wanted, from the beginning, was his money, and nothing else. When she realized that he had called her bluff, and wanted out, she knew that the only way to get to his money, was to get rid of him, before the divorce that he wanted, was finalized. If he died before the divorce was formalized, technically, she was still his wife. Maybe what she had not forseen was that Cohen was aware of her Scheming, and had already written a Will, saying that she should not get anything from his estate. And I don’t think that she will get anything. Cohen expressly left everything to his siblings, and their children, and he was of sound mind, when he wrote his Will. The Cases may drag on in Court, but I don’t think that Sarah Wairimu will ever get what she really wants… Ownership and Control of what belonged to Tob Cohen.
When you understand how…
When you understand how deeply rooted corruption is in Kenya, you will begin to understand why this woman could very well be innocent. The dead white man was a careless loose cannon who could not keep his mouth shut about an impeding divorce from his wife and this is what property grabbers had long been waiting for; kill the husband,paint wife as a gold digger, leave her to be judged by the court of public opinion and take over the property. Asians and some whites who own those huge homes in the leafy areas are facing the same wrath of corruption but the media instead of exposing this has turned the other way.
Ain’t buying it – how did…
Ain’t buying it – how did the criminals get through the house into the septic tank in the back yard? Very good trying to help a murderer with a debatable idea – you probably gonna see her lawyer using your line and sinker (a Navy term) to exonerate his client! Good luck!
What a fool & disgrace to…
What a fool & disgrace to kenyan women especially from a certain tribe where this kind of stories are common! After accomplishing her mission now she’s on her way to inherit the deceased property of whom she was not even considered worthy to receive anything! By the way she looks like a remorseless murderer! Pooh! Why can’t she be hanged?
@Muchunu – don’t shy from…
@Muchunu – don’t shy from making it clear that Wairimu is making men fear all the Gikuyu women for material glutton which could lead to killing men to keep all. She makes men with septic tanks in the back yard want to fill them with dirt as they fear getting stuffed in there half dead to die a bitter drowning death. This is a time for reckoning for all those men married to Gikuyu women! A very sad state of affair! I’m heading to Turukana to look for a gal!
It is a shame for humanity…
It is a shame for humanity that this occurred. This is on individual level. Now it will be shown if Justice in Kenya will work properly. Who knew about the septic tank? This person is well aware of the murder. Probable ordered the murder. Case closed. It is surprising that the leader of the murder plot walks freely around and is not imprisoned.