The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed fresh charges against Sarah Wairimu Kamotho Cohen, accusing her of providing false information to the police and swearing a false affidavit regarding the alleged loss of her passport.
According to details presented in court on Friday, November 7, during proceedings at the Kibera Law Courts, Wairimu faces two counts connected to allegedly fabricating claims about a missing passport in February 2023.
Court documents indicate that on February 20, 2023, at Munyange Police Station in Othaya, Nyeri County, Wairimu is alleged to have knowingly and maliciously misled Chief Inspector Mercy Riungu, the Officer Commanding Station (OCS), by claiming her passport had been lost.
DPP Accuses Sarah Wairimu of Giving False Information to Police. Photo. Photo: Courtesy.
The report led to the issuance of a police abstract based on the purportedly false information.
In the second count, Wairimu is accused of false swearing, contrary to Section 114 as read with Section 36 of the Penal Code.
The prosecution alleges that on the same day, at Pamki House in Nyeri Town, she appeared before Advocate Muchiri wa Gathoni and swore a false affidavit claiming her passport was lost, despite allegedly knowing the statement was untrue.
Wairimu denied both charges when she appeared before Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul at the Kibera Law Courts.
She remains remanded at Lang’ata Women’s Prison, where she is simultaneously facing trial in a separate murder case.
The fresh charges come as Sarah Wairimu continues to stand trial over the murder of her husband, Dutch billionaire Tob Cohen, whose body was found in a septic tank at their Kitisuru residence in 2019.
