Four charged over violent robbery of American citizen in Mombasa 

Four suspects linked to a series of violent robberies were Monday arraigned in a Mombasa Court over the attack on an American national.

The four, Isaac Kinoti Kobia, Bernard Mbusu, Evans Muthengi Mutaki, and Kelvin Mwangi Njoroge, were arraigned before a Shanzu Law Courts and charged with robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code.

Prosecution, led by Principal Prosecution Counsel Susan Lewa, informed the court that the accused, jointly with others not before court, violently robbed American national Joszef Cszmadia of cash and valuables worth Sh686,500.

The stolen items include Sh14,000, USD 3,000, 50,000 Hungarian forints, an HP laptop, a Motorola G Play mobile phone, and a Philips razor.

The court heard that the incident occurred on 11th April 2026 at Ascent Court Apartments in Nyali, Mombasa County, where the accused allegedly used force to execute the robbery.

All four accused persons pleaded not guilty. The court granted each a bond of Sh1 million with a surety of a similar amount, pending trial.

The court ordered the investigating officer to appear and clarify the status of materials reportedly recovered from the suspects, with a view to determining their admissibility as exhibits.

The prosecution maintains that the charges are grounded on evidence and will continue to prosecute the matter diligently to ensure justice is served.

The case will be mentioned on May 27, 2026.

They were apprehended at Ideal Apartments, Ukunda.

The arrests followed investigations into a robbery with violence incident involving the American national in Nyali and the earlier reported abduction and subsequent murder of British national Campbell Scott Alistair in February 2025, whose body was discovered in Mukuyuni along the Machakos–Wote road.

The suspects have also been forensically linked to another robbery with violence incident in Watamu, Malindi Sub-County.

A search at the residence led to the recovery of stolen items, including an HP laptop, mobile phones, assorted foreign currencies, multiple credit cards, cheque books from various banks and PDQ machines.

The scene was processed by CSI personnel, and the suspects, together with the recovered exhibits, are in custody at Nyali Police Station pending further investigations.

Scott, 58, was found dead in Makongo Forest, about 60 miles (96.5km) from Nairobi on 24 February, 2025.

Scott, from Dunfermline in Fife, was a senior director at the credit scoring firm FICO and had travelled to Nairobi for a conference prior to his disappearance.

He went missing after failing to meet with colleagues to deliver a presentation at the JW Marriott Hotel in the city’s Westlands area.

Scott was known to have visited the Havana nightclub the previous evening.

He had been taken to a property in the Pipeline area.

His body was later discovered in a pineapple sack with his hands bound.

A post-mortem examination into his death proved “inconclusive,” but pathologists said the injuries on his body were “too minor” to have resulted in his death.

Police initially arrested two men, a taxi driver and a nightclub waiter, believed to be among the last to see him alive.

Two other men were also arrested in Mombasa in connection with the case.

Police then launched an appeal to find three further men in connection with Scott’s death.

They were named as Benard Mbunga Mbusu and Alphonse Munyao Kilewa, also known as “Edu”.

The third man, Samuel Musembi Kamitu, has since died after being discovered unconscious at a friend’s house.