Why family of late Dutch tycoon wants bond for murder suspect Cherono cancelled

The family of the late Dutch tycoon Rowenhorst Herman has gone back to the High Court seeking the cancellation of the bond of Riziki Cherono for what they termed as their security concerns.

The family claims that Cherono has breached the bond terms, which barred her from living in Mombasa.

The family insisted that she has been trying to contact them. Cherono and Tmothy Omondi are charged with the murder of the tycoon and security guard, Evans Bokoro, on June 4, 2021, at Rocco Apartments in Shanzu.

Cherono and Tmothy Omondi are charged with the murder and their case was pushed to October 2025 for hearing after the high court went on recess.

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The lawyer in his application further stated that Cherono has been interfering with the deceased’s property and taking over possession.

“The family is apprehensive and that the respondent’s actions are undermining the integrity of the legal process and inflicting emotional dangers to the victim’s family,” the lawyer stated in his application presented before Justice Wendy Micheni.

Justice Micheni ordered Cherono to file her response by August 21, this year.

She ordered that the application for the cancellation of her bond to be heard on September 18, this year.

During the earlier hearing, Corporal Richard Cheruiyot told Mombasa justice Micheni that Cherono tried to play victim after her alleged planning and facilitation of the gruesome murder.

The officer told the high court that they found Cherono tied to her car's steering wheel by a well-wisher to show that she had been kidnapped from the house by robbers.

The widow who is also charged with orchestrating the murder of her husband on July 29, 2021, before Justice Ong’ijo has denied the charges.

Cheruiyot told Justice Micheni that Cherono tried to play victim in the murder of her husband that she actively participated in committing.

The prosecution and witnesses stated that Cherono planned, procured and facilitated the perpetrators who killed the husband and the security man.

Cheruiyot told the high court that when police arrived at Shanzu near Serena, they found a Probox parked and six men and one woman standing outside the car.

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He said Cherono was leaning on the vehicle. He said he had the vehicle hooting continuously, and upon nearing it, he found Cherono tied inside the vehicle.

The officer said that Cherono told him that five people had invaded their home, with three masked and two not masked.

He said Cherono claimed that the unmasked man was light-skinned and was demanding money from her husband, the late Herman.

The officer told the high court that he questioned Cherono if she had tried to know if the husband was safe after the good Samaritans untied her.

"She claimed that she was with her husband’s mobile phone and that she could not call him," the police officer told the judge.

It was when Cheruyot took Cherono home that they found Herman with only an inner wear, lying in a pool of blood with his hands and legs tied and mouth covered.

He said the late tycoon also had a deformed cheek. The officer told the court that there was some splash of blood at the pillow beside where the late Herman was lying.

“Riziki left the room screaming, and then I heard the children screaming too. All along, I knew Riziki was just a victim and not the murderer,” said Cheruyot.