Four arrested over murder of Scottish businessman in Kenya
Kenyan police link suspects to fatal attack and multiple robberies
Authorities in Kenya have detained four individuals in connection with the killing of Campbell Scott, a 58-year-old Scottish businessman. His remains were discovered in a sack within Makongo Forest, approximately 60 miles (96.5km) from Nairobi, where he had been residing. Scott, who hailed from Dunfermline in Fife, was a senior director at the credit scoring firm FICO and had traveled to Nairobi for a conference before vanishing.
Scott was reported missing after failing to meet colleagues at the JW Marriott Hotel in the city’s Westlands district to present a speech. The previous evening, he had visited Havana nightclub. Kenyan police indicated they believed he was taken to a property in the Pipeline district, a slum area about 9.3 miles (15km) from his hotel. Prosecutors suggest he was detained there temporarily to access funds from his accounts.
“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).” “The suspects, Bernard Mbusu, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Evans Muthengi Mutaki, and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge, were apprehended at Ideal Apartments, Ukunda.” “The suspects have also been forensically linked to another robbery with violence incident in Watamu, Malindi Sub-County.”
The arrests followed a separate investigation into a violent robbery involving an American citizen in Nyali, near Mombasa. Initially, two men—a taxi driver and a nightclub waiter—were questioned, thought to be the last people to see Scott alive. Two suspects were taken into custody in March last year, with one appearing in court charged with murder. Officers then sought three additional individuals, who were later captured as part of a coordinated effort.
A post-mortem examination of Scott’s body yielded inconclusive results, though pathologists noted the injuries were “too minor” to account for his death. Police recovered stolen belongings from the suspects’ residence, including an HP laptop, mobile phones, foreign currencies, credit cards, cheque books, and PDQ card reader machines.
