Sarah Wairimu freed on bond after 44 days in detention

By , K24 Digital
On Fri, 11 Oct, 2019 11:13 | < 1 min read
The widow of the late Dutch tycoon, Sarah Wairimu-Cohen, has been freed on Ksh4 million bond after spending 44 days in detention. [PHOTO | FILE]
The widow of the late Dutch tycoon, Sarah Wairimu-Cohen, has been freed on Ksh4 million bond after spending 44 days in detention. [PHOTO | FILE]
The widow of the late Dutch tycoon, Sarah Wairimu-Cohen, has been freed on Ksh4 million bond after spending 44 days in detention. [PHOTO | FILE]

The widow of the late Dutch tycoon, Sarah Wairimu-Cohen, has been freed on Ksh2 million cash bail or Ksh4 million bond after spending 44 days in detention.

Justice Stella Mutuku said Friday, October 11, that the prosecution failed to prove that Sarah, who was arrested on August 28, is a flight risk.

The judge also dismissed the prosecution’s argument that Wairimu acted in contempt when she said, at Cohen’s burial on September 24, that she knew her husband’s killers and that their days were numbered.

Wairimu is accused, alongside two other suspects, of killing Cohen, who went missing on July 19, and found dead in an underground water tank in his Kitisuru home on September 13.

The prosecution expressed their disappointment at Sarah’s release from custody.

“We are praying to be allowed to seek legal redress at the Court of Appeal,” said the prosecution after Wairimu was freed.

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