Man charged over ‘murder' of Scots businessman in Kenya
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A MAN has been charged over the murder of a Scottish businessman who was found dead in a forest in Kenya.
Campbell Scott, 58, visited Nairobi for a work trip but disappeared in February this year.
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A man has been charged over the death of Campbell Scott
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He was visiting the country as part of his job with credit-scoring company FICO.
It was feared Campbell, originally from Dunfermline in Fife, had been taken to the dangerous Pipeline estate where he was tortured and killed.
His decomposing body was later found dumped in a pineapple sack in the Makongo Forest, with his hands and legs bound with rope.
It is also claimed that his killers stole £12,000 from his bank accounts as part of an extortion plot.
A man has now been charged over the murder after a major probe into the killing was launched by Nigerian cops.
Alex Mutua, a suspect in the killing, appeared in court yesterday over the death.
He appeared accused of the killing alongside other suspects, according to local news site Citizen Digital.
Mutua pled not guilty to the charges against him.
He is set to appear in court again on June 17 where the issue of bail will be heard.
We told last month how colleagues at Campbell's firm were left in tears as they paid tribute to him.
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A touching ceremony was held in Nashville where they gathered to remember him.
His friends told how he was 'cranky' and used his sometimes hard to understand Scots accent as a weapon to wind others up.
They recognised his homeland by having the Nashville Pipes and Drums start and end the service.
Mike Manaton said: 'Campbell was a proud Scotsman.
'Certain of his heritage and his conviction that pretty much anything good in the world was invented by Scots.'
Andrea Golden said: 'He was a generous man with a heart of gold.'
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