A pathologist testified before a Mombasa Court that blood samples of the son of a British aristocrat contained large amounts of cocaine and bhang.
Dr Kishorchandra Mandaliya was testifying in an inquest into the death of Alexander Monson who died mysteriously three years ago.
Dr Mandaliya told the court that in a toxicological analysis done in South Africa, the blood and urine samples tested positive for cocaine and bhang.
Dr Mandaliya however told Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo that he could not tell if the significant amount of drugs caused Mr Monson’s death.
“I cannot tell whether that would be the cause of his death. A similar test was done at Nairobi. However, it did not reveal the said traces of hard drugs, though there seemed to be possibility of the person being examined having been on drugs,” he said.
The pathologist added that he was requested by Mr Dominic Martins, an uncle of the deceased to conduct independent tests.
According to him, drugs detection level is also determined by the freshness of the specimen, saying that the earlier its done, the higher the level of detection.
Monson died on May 19, 2012 after he was arrested on suspicion of smoking bhang after a night out with friends in Diani, Mombasa where he lived with his mother.
A post-mortem showed he died from blunt force to the head.
The mother, Ms Hillary Martin however objected the findings tabled in court and through her lawyer Mr Yusuf Abubakar said the state had not supplied the family with test result documents.