BY SAM ALFAN.
The widow of the slain Dutch businessman Ton Cohen has filed an application seeking to cite the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) George Kinoti and two other persons with contempt of court.
Sarah Wairimu Kamotho wants the DCI, Juma Victor Owiti, a prosecutor and local daily newspaper journalist John Kamau punished for disobeying a court directive. She said the three should be jailed for disregarding the court’s directive, which had barred all the parties from commenting about the details of the case.
The order was issued by High Court judge Jessie Lesiit on September 16, directing the DCI Kinoti, Prosecution, defence teams and the victims’ representatives to desist from addressing the media on the investigations and evidence alleged or any other information touching on the case.
Sarah has accused a local media of publishing a sensational, false and prejudicial articles on the ongoing investigations quoting police investigators and the DCI despite the court order of September 16.
“In the circumstances and in order that sanctity is restored in these proceedings and court orders are obeyed, it is imperative that the DCI, Prosecutor and Kamau are detained in prison for a term not exceeding six months for contempt”, urged Sarah.
She argued if the three are not detained, they will continue to disregard the orders of the court.
