The murder trial of Dutch businessman Tob Cohen took a new turn on Wednesday, 11th, November 2026, after a senior police officer told the court how Sarah Wairimu gave contradicting statements about her husband's whereabouts.
Testifying before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Kibera Law Courts, former Kilimani DCI Chief Ms Fatuma Hadi said that before the matter was floated to members of the public, the Netherlands Embassy was the first to raise alarm after Tob Cohen went missing in July 2019.
Ms Fatima Ali, claimed that she received the official missing person report from the Netherlands Embassy on 30th July, 2019, and immediately contacted Sarah Wairimu.
Ms Fatima claimed that through the phone call, Sarah told her that her husband had flown out of the country to Thailand, where he was going to seek medical treatment.
The next day, went to the police station by herself and she claimed that before her husband flew out of the country to Thailand, she allegedly had breakfast with him and that he had apologised to her.
However, things took a different trajectory when the investigative team asked Sarah to produce details showing which airline Cohen had used for his flight but she could not provide any.
Aside from that, Sarah Wairimu also said that she had not been in contact with him since his alleged departure.
When asked if she was concerned about his long silence, Sarah reportedly told Ms Fatima Ali not to worry, now claiming he was in the Netherlands for treatment and would be back soon.
It is this contradiction between Thailand then Netherlands that detectives flagged as they continued with investigations that later led to the discovery of Cohen's body inside a septic tank in Lower Kabete, Nairobi.
Source: tv47 digital news.
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