Four Men Appear in Kenyan Court Over Murder of Scottish Businessman Campbell Scott

Court Appearance in Mombasa Four men appeared before a magistrate in Mombasa over the murder of Scottish businessman Campbell Scott in Kenya.

The men, identified as Bernard Mbusu, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Evans Muthengi Mutaki and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge, were arrested on Saturday. They have not been charged and were remanded in custody for 14 days for further police investigations. The court heard that detectives needed time to conduct forensic analysis of the four men's mobile phones.

The four men are due to appear in court again on 27 April. They are under investigation for separate allegations that they targeted another man in a violent robbery at Nyali near Mombasa.

Discovery of Campbell Scott's Body Campbell Scott, aged 58, was found dead in a sack in Makongo Forest in February last year.

5km) from Nairobi where Campbell Scott had been staying. His body was discovered in a pineapple sack with his hands bound. Campbell Scott was from Dunfermline in Fife. He was a senior director at credit scoring firm FICO.

Campbell Scott had travelled to Nairobi for a conference.

Circumstances of Disappearance Campbell Scott was reported missing after failing to meet colleagues at the JW Marriott Hotel in the city's Westlands area.

He was known to have visited the Havana nightclub the previous evening. Kenyan police said they believed Campbell Scott was taken to a property in the Pipeline district, a slum area. 3 miles (15km) from Campbell Scott's hotel.

Prosecutors believe Campbell Scott was held in the Pipeline district for a period while attempts were made to extract money from his bank accounts. The BBC reported these details on the investigation.

Prior Arrests and Related Incident Two other men were arrested last year over the murder.

One of the two other men was charged with murder. An American reported being attacked and robbed by six men at his holiday apartment, in connection with the separate Nyali robbery allegations.