Daughters of the deceased British tycoon Harry Veevers accused of poisoning him while eying his vast fortune valued at Ksh1.4 billion (£7 million) have been cleared of any wrongdoing.
The duo, Helen and Alexandra Veevers, had been accused by their stepbrothers of harming their father with the help of their mother.
A report by Daily Mail in the UK indicated that the Brits had been embroiled in the lawsuit since their father's demise in 2013.
The parties, who had been at loggerheads over inheritance of the vast estate, engaged in the protracted battle for years until the recent ruling by Kenyan magistrate Charles Ndegwa.
The two brothers, Richard, 47, and Philip, 45, had claimed that there were strange marks on their deceased father's body, and concluded that their father had been poisoned lamenting they were not involved in his burial.
The case, therefore, forced the court to order the exhumation of his remains which were at the time, stored at Mombasa Hospital.
Alexandra, who was in attendance when the court was delivering the ruling, expressed her shock when a court official began reading the judge's verdict, eventually exonerating her and her sister.
"Lastly, and most importantly, no concrete evidence has been adduced to show that anyone was criminally responsible for the death of the deceased. In the circumstances, I direct the court file be closed," read the court official.
In an interview with the outlet, the duo revealed that the proceedings had put their lives on pose for more than 10 years.
"The emotional and psychological impact has been enormous. For all these years we have had to live with the awful fear of being jailed in Kenya for something we haven’t done. It’s hard to imagine much worse than being wrongly accused of murdering our father, a man we all loved dearly," Alexandra added.
"The same goes for our mother. It’s been horrendous for her. There has also been the knock-on effects and the “no smoke without fire” thing. I haven’t dated anybody since Dad died."
The family, however, remains uncertain over the distribution of the estate since the tycoon passed away with no will in place.
The family owns three houses in Mombasa while the deceased left Ksh101.3 million in his UK bank account.
