Housekeeper tells court Cohen cried ‘you are killing me’ during alleged 2019 assault by Sarah
Shihemi told the court that on February 8, 2019, he heard Cohen screaming outside the house at about 10pm.
On February 8, 2019, a former housekeeper, Chrispinus Shihemi, heard Tob Cohen, the deceased, screaming outside their home in Nairobi. Shihemi rushed to the terrace and found Cohen lying near the stairs while Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, Cohen's wife, was holding a plastic chair over him. Cohen repeatedly cried, "You are killing me," prompting Shihemi to intervene and tell Wairimu to stop.
However, Wairimu instructed Shihemi not to take photographs of Cohen's injuries. Cohen later accused Shihemi of failing to intervene during the confrontation. The witness also mentioned growing tensions in the household, as Cohen stopped eating food prepared in the home and started buying takeaway meals or preparing his own food.
Shihemi was one of three prosecution witnesses who testified in the murder trial of Cohen, who was allegedly killed along with others on the night of July 19 and 20, 2019.
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