• Lawyers say they know what the results are but cannot comment publicly due to court order.
• The two sides have scheduled a meeting for tomorrow morning to finalise on burial date and other plans.
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The burial date for the Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen will be known tomorrow, lawyers in the case said on Wednesday.
They revealed this even as they remained mum over the results of the autopsy on Cohen's body due to a court order gagging discussions relating to the came.
The lawyers representing both families in the murder case agreed to meet to finalise on the pending issues.
Lawyers Cliff Ombeta and Philip Murgor said they had seen the results of the postmortem though following a court order they could not comment on it.
Speaking at Chiromo after the autopsy, Ombeta said the two sides have scheduled an early meeting to finalise on the burial date and other plans.
"We are aware of what the results are but we cannot comment. The findings are there but we await the remaining results," he said.
He added, "We have discussed with both families and we are happy to report that all matters to do with the burial can be solved without subjecting the late to such tussle."
On Monday, the court barred the Directorate of Criminal Investigations from and victim's defense from addressing the media regarding the murder of Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen.
Milimani Court's Justice Jessie Lessit also ruled that the media should only report what transpires in court.
On Wednesday, Ombeta's sentiments were echoed by Murgor who said the lawyers can't take the matter beyond the work that has been concluded.
"For now all we can do is await the remaining results," he said.
He added, "We are happy to report that Ombeta and Kimati have discussed other contentious issues. We shall have a mutual agreement by end of day tomorrow. We hope that Cohen will be laid to rest as soon as tomorrow and as per now, we might not have to go back to court."
Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said they had concluded the autopsy but unfortunately would not comment on the results.
He, however, said DNA samples have been taken to a different laboratory for further testing.
According to them, the DNA will, however, take several weeks before the final results are released.
He said conducting other tests like the toxicology and histology may take longer than expected.
Cohen’s lawyers said though different teams have independently conducted the tests, they all have agreed with the findings.
They said they have agreed that the physical body is that of Cohen and that will ease the solution to all the pending issues.
The postmortem was scheduled for Tuesday but was later postponed.
Pathologists said they would not conduct the test because there was an issue with identifying the body and so they needed Cohen's wife Sarah to be present.