Court told Sarah Wairimu instructed staff to say Tob Cohen had travelled to Thailand

Prosecutors on Tuesday laid out chilling details of the events leading to Dutch businessman Tob Cohen’s death in 2019, in the murder case against Sarah Wairimu Kamotho.

A worker at Cohen’s residence testified that July 19, 2019 was the last time he saw Cohen alive.

He told the court that when he returned days later, Cohen was missing. Instead, Sarah allegedly instructed him to say Cohen had travelled to Thailand for medical treatment if anyone asked.

"Madam (Sarah) had told us that on 22nd Tom had gone for medical…so my interpretation is that madam didn’t want anyone to know…” he testified.

The same witness testified that Cohen had confided in him days before his death, alleging that Sarah had injured his face during a domestic dispute.

Prosecutors revisited earlier evidence, when the same worker told the court that while on his lunch hour break as he was walking around the property, he noticed three mounds on top of a concrete slab that housed the septic tank.

He noted that he had not seen the same days prior as he was leaving. He also noted a worker clearing vegetation and placing the same on the cement slab

Defense counsel Pravin Bowry represented Sarah, who sat quietly as witnesses recounted chilling details of the days leading to Cohen’s death.

"In my statement I said in the afternoon they were already covered up by the heaps because they were doing cleaning on Monday. PW1 was doing cleaning and PW2 was in the house…there was another guy that was the one who was working on the garden specific location," recalled the witness.

The court heard that Cohen had written to lawyer Judy Thongori instructing her to institute defamation and criminal liability proceedings against Sarah for allegedly spreading false claims to police and others about him.