Tycoon poisoned ‘by partner, daughters’

A man, 64, was poisoned by his girlfriend and their two daughters after he said he was leaving her for another woman, a court heard.

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A property tycoon was poisoned by his girlfriend and their two daughters on Valentine’s Day after he said he was leaving her for another woman, an inquest was told.

Expatriate Harry Veevers, 64, died at his home in Kenya in 2013.

His partner Azra Parvin Din, for whom he had left his wife and two sons a quarter of a century ago, said he had died of natural causes and the official cause of death was recorded as a heart attack and stroke.

But the sons, Richard and Philip, became suspicious when Miss Din buried him as a Muslim - although he had not converted to Islam - three days after his death in February 2013 and barred them from the house near Mombasa.

They ordered an investigation and obtained an order to exhume the body.

Tests showed Mr Veevers, who was from Rochdale but had lived in Kenya for 25 years, had been poisoned with insecticide.

His sons allege that corrupt police officers helped cover up the truth.

Now Miss Din and the couple’s daughters Helen, 25, and Alexandra, 23 - all believed to be British-born - face a murder charge.

Phillip Veevers told the inquest in Mombasa that he and his brother had been prevented from entering the mortuary to see their father’s body when they arrived in Kenya. When they were allowed a few moments alone with the body before the burial, they found marks.

“[As] an experienced medical technician in the Army who is versed with causes of death, I suspected my father had been poisoned,” he said.

Richard Veevers, described as a martial arts instructor from Halifax, said his father had complained that Miss Din and her children were slowly poisoning him and that he was in love with another woman in Kenya whom he wished to marry.

He told the court that his step-sister Alexandra said she would kill their father if he left them. He alleged that police had demanded a bribe to exhume the body and had put him under surveillance.

Joseph Kioko, of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation, told the inquest that he had recommended murder charges now be brought against Miss Din and her daughters, who are also registered at an address in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Neither lawyers for the Veevers brothers nor for Miss Din were available for comment.

Daily Mail