A lawyer who represented a British tycoon, who owned Sh500 million property in Karen yesterday claimed that signatures produced by Nairobi Governor Aspirant Agnes Kagure over the said property were forged.
David Muthee Michuki told Justice Maureen Odero that he represented the late Roger Robson until his death in 2012 and that he was very frail and his hand had tremors so he signed and wrote in a jerky way.
When he was shown Kagure’s conveyance he said it did not look like Roger’s signature and also told the court that the picture on the fake conveyance was not that of the deceased.
Kagure claims that she bought the disputed piece of land in Karen from the deceased, for Sh100 million in 2011.
She filed the suit against lawyer Guy Spencer Elms accusing him of forging signatures on the Will of the late Roger Robson who died in 2012 and who owned the two parcels of land.
During the hearing of the case, Michuki however told the court that he knew Roger in 2011 when he represented him in a case by City Council of Nairobi as it was then, claiming that Roger has not paid his rates.
He said he was introduced to Roger by Guy Spencer Elms who had been the deceased’s lawyer for a very long time.
“Roger explained to me that he had in fact been paying his rates to Karen and Lang’ata District Association since 1995,” claimed Michuki.
Michuki further told the court that he represented Rogers when three fraudsters tried to claim they were squatters
According to Michuki, after meeting Roger he realized due to his age, he had difficulty in expressing himself properly and would often go on a tangent talking about other things.
Roger Bryan Robson died in the year 2012, left a will with Spencer who was his lawyer to manage his properties estimated to be worth over Sh500 million.
He had indicated the estates should be sold and proceeds shared between his nephew and charitable institutions in Kenya that focus on environmental conservation.
However, Kagure opposed the said will, accusing lawyer Spencer Elms of forging it.
Lawyer Spencer had been charged with forging the said will in the sale of the piece of land in Karen but the case was later withdrawn.