Four arrested over murder of Scottish businessman in Kenya

Four arrested over murder of Scottish businessman in Kenya

Four individuals were detained in connection with the fatal slaying of a Scottish businessman whose remains were discovered in a sack in Kenya. On 24 February of the previous year, the body of 58-year-old Campbell Scott was found in Makongo Forest, approximately 60 miles south of Nairobi. Scott had been residing in the area prior to his disappearance.

Authorities later indicated they suspected Scott was transported to a property in the Pipeline district, a slum area situated approximately 9.3 miles from his hotel. Prosecutors theorize he was detained at the location for some time as efforts to withdraw funds from his bank accounts were pursued. His remains were subsequently found in a pineapple sack, with his hands tied, within Makongo Forest.

The post-mortem findings were inconclusive, yet pathologists concluded the injuries were not severe enough to cause death. Scott, from Dunfermline in Fife, served as a senior director at the credit scoring company FICO before vanishing from Nairobi. He went missing after failing to join colleagues for a presentation at the JW Marriott Hotel in Westlands, Nairobi. Scott was last seen at the Havana nightclub the evening before his disappearance.

“The operation was conducted by DCI officers drawn from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CR&IB) Headquarters, working jointly with their counterparts from SCCIO Nyali and SCCIO Msambweni (Ukunda).”

This followed a concurrent investigation into a violent robbery linked to an American national in Nyali, close to Mombasa. Initially, police interviewed two individuals—a taxi driver and a nightclub waiter—thought to have been the last to see him alive. Two suspects were arrested in March of the prior year, with one subsequently appearing in court charged with murder. Law enforcement then initiated a search for three additional suspects.

Kenyan police confirmed the latest arrests occurred at Ideal Apartments in Ukunda. The suspects, Bernard Mbusu, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Evans Muthengi Mutaki, and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge, have also been forensically tied to another robbery with violence in Watamu, Malindi Sub-County. A search at the residence led to the recovery of stolen items, including an HP laptop, mobile phones, assorted foreign currencies, multiple credit cards, cheque books from various banks, and PDQ [card reader] machines.