Four arrested over murder of Scottish businessman in Kenya
Four Arrested in Connection with Scottish Businessman’s Murder in Kenya
Kenyan authorities have detained four individuals suspected of killing a Scottish businessman whose remains were uncovered in a sack within Makongo Forest. Campbell Scott, 58, was last seen alive at the Havana nightclub the night before his disappearance. His body was discovered on February 24 of the previous year, approximately 60 miles from Nairobi, where he had been staying during a business trip.
Scott, a senior executive at the credit scoring company FICO, had arrived in Nairobi for a conference prior to his vanishing. He was marked missing after failing to meet colleagues at the JW Marriott Hotel in the Westlands district for a presentation. The investigation into his death was triggered by the discovery of his body in a pineapple sack, with hands tied, in the forest.
Arrests Follow Multi-Agency Operation
The four suspects were apprehended during a coordinated operation involving multiple agencies in Ukunda, a coastal town 16 miles south of Mombasa. This came after a separate probe into a violent robbery involving an American national in Nyali, near Mombasa. Kenyan police initially questioned two individuals—a taxi driver and a nightclub employee—believed to have seen Scott before his death.
“An 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).”
Two of the suspects were arrested in March, with one appearing in court charged with murder. Prosecutors allege the victims were held at a property in the Pipeline district, a slum area 9.3 miles from Scott’s hotel, for a period to access his financial accounts. The recent arrests of Bernard Mbusu, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Evans Muthengi Mutaki, and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge were linked to both the murder and multiple violent crimes.
A search of their residence yielded stolen items, including an HP laptop, mobile phones, foreign currencies, credit cards, cheque books, and PDQ card readers. The post-mortem report was inconclusive, but experts noted the injuries on Scott’s body were insufficient to cause fatal harm.
