Overview

• Alex Mutua is charged with killing Campbell Scott, a 58-year-old FICO director whose bound body was discovered in Makongo Forest in a sack of pineapples in late February.
• Mutua appeared via video link at Makadara High Court and formally pleaded not guilty to the February 16 killing.
• The court ordered a pre-trial report and set both the bail hearing and pre-trial session for June 17.
• Samuel Musembi Kamitu, another suspect, died by suicide in March after reportedly attempting to poison himself and stabbing himself to death, while two more suspects remain at large.
• Scott’s husband, Simon Farrar, is organising a commemorative gathering in London on May 31 to honour the businessman’s memory.