Philip Murgor to Know His Fate in Tycoon’s Murder Case as Wairimu Takes Plea

Sarah Wairimu, the wife of murdered Dutch businessman Tob Cohen, has been taken to the High Court for plea taking.

Wairimu, who was charged with her husband’s murder, was yet to take plea pending the mandatory mental health check for suspects in murder cases.

Justice Stella Mutuku, whom she is appearing before, is also to rule on whether Wairimu’s lawyer, Philip Murgor, will continue as her attorney after objections were raised.

The court was told that the former Director of Public Prosecutions was still serving as a special prosecutor for the DPP following his appointment in a special panel by current top prosecutor Noordin Haji.

It emerged that Murgor had bot be degazetted as a state counsel.

Her plea taking was pushed from September 26 to October 1 after the prosecution and lawyer Cliff Ombeta for the Cohen family contested Wairimu’s representation by Murgor.