Prosecution cites busy schedules in its application to have the two give evidence from Britain.
Two UK-based medical doctors have been allowed to testify in an inquest into the death of British tycoon Harry Veevers via video link.
This follows an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking to have Alexander Richard Allan and Richard Sykes testify from the UK, citing the nature of their work and busy schedules.
“They are however willing to testify via video link teleconference and have proposed dates and time when they will be available,” said Senior Assistant DPP Alexander Muteti in the application. Mr Muteti said the prosecution intends to make necessary arrangements during the presentation of evidence to safeguard the dignity of the court.
Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Charles Ndegwa directed the DPP to liaise with the ICT department for the success of the video link. Mr Veevers, a Briton living in Kenya, died in Mombasa on February 14, 2013. The DPP recommended that his death be investigated via a judicial inquest.
In a previous hearing, the late tycoon’s daughter, Alexandra Veevers, told the inquest that she was not aware that her grandmother wanted to have her father’s remains flown to the UK.
She also told the inquest that her mother did not refuse her grandmother’s request to have the remains flown to the UK. Separately, an inquest heard that the body of a son of a British aristocrat had bruises.
Sergeant Stephen Lemai told the inquest that on May 22, 2012, he went to Pandya hospital morgue where two pathologists were set to conduct a postmortem on the body of Alexander John Ruman Monson.
Mr Lemai said the deceased’s body had a bruise on the left elbow and the left palm. Hearing continues.
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