Lawyer Philip Murgor has sought to clear the air on his relationship with one of his clients Sarah Wairimu, after they were severally captured on camera holding hands, raising eyebrows.
The lawyer has severally been seen holding hands with the lady, who is the main suspect in the ongoing murder case against her husband, slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen.
But Murgor, a former prosecutor, has come out to defend his relationship with Wairimu, saying that what a exists between them is purely an advocate-client relationship.
He says that he has only been availing himself as a support for Wairimu at a time when she was being subjected to public condemnation over the brutal murder of her husband.
"Sarah is in such a delicate place and I don’t want to be the one who said the wrong thing, but on that particular day, she was walking into a morgue confronted by countless press and paparazzi cameras, and the only reassuring hand was that of her advocate. If the client was an old person or a young child, would the reaction have been the same?" he said.
He added that nothing is unique about the action as it happens every day within the court corridors, only that people don't notice them.
He admitted being aware of some people making nasty remarks about the same, but said that he would rather not get involved in the debate.
About Wairimu's case, he claimed that she is being wrongfully judged by the public, adding that many people are concluding without having heard her side of the argument.
"What was captured is what happens every day in court corridors, you just don’t notice it. I heard people say it was okay but others have made nasty remarks, but I chose not to indulge. Sarah’s story is not yet told," he added.
Cohen's body was found inside a septic tank within his Kitisuru home tens of days after his disappearance, with detectives reaching a conclusion that he was brutally murdered.
The blame has landed on Wairimu, with whom he is said to have fallen out with before the incident.