The High Court has directed Sarah Wairimu the main suspect in the murder of Dutch businessman Tob Cohen to file a formal application seeking access to her matrimonial home in Kitisuru, Nairobi.
The application, however, faced strong opposition from the Director of Public Prosecutions who maintains that the house in Kitisuru remains a crime scene.
While appearing before Justice Stella Mutuku, Dutch businessman Tob Cohen’s widow Sarah Wairimu pleaded with the court to order for the release of her car and other personal belongings which are now in the custody of the prosecution.
Through her lawyer Philip Murgor, Wairimu who is out on a Ksh 2 million bail pending trial, informed the court that she has been left without any personal items forcing her to depend on relatives and friends.
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But the prosecution said Wairimu should not be allowed access to her car as it is now an exhibit in the case.
Through state counsel Catherine Mwaniki, the prosecution further objected Wairimu’s plea to visit her house in Kitisuru and instead want a list of all items required from the house in order to determine the exhibits.
The court directed Wairimu to file a formal request on the items she needs ahead of the hearing of the matter on Tuesday next week.
Elsewhere, former PCEA moderator David Gathanju alongside James Muiruri and Peter Mwangi who are former employees of the church have been arraigned in court and charged with stealing of 50 million shillings from the church.
According to the charge sheet, the three are accused of committing the offences on diverse dates between January 2016 and June 2017 at PCEA headquarters in Nairobi’s South C estate.
They denied the charges before Kiambu magistrate Stella Atambo and were released on a Ksh 1 million bond ahead of the hearing of the case in February next year.