Nairobi lawyer Guy Spencer Elms is on the spot after being accused of forging the Will of late billionaire Pritam Singh Panesar to fraudulently claim a prime 53-acre beachfront estate in Msambweni, Kwale.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched investigations into the matter, with forensic experts declaring the Will presented as fake.
According to DCI, the lawyer presented the Will together with businessman Nileshkumar Shah, named as joint executors.
Further, the officers have indicated that the document was meant to facilitate the transfer of Panesar’s land into their control.
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Nairobi Lawyer Spencer Elms’ Connection to the Late Billionaire
Panesar died in July 2018, leaving behind a huge fortune stretching from Nairobi to the Coast.
However, his death has sparked a series of inheritance disputes, including scrutiny over his legal dealings.
According to a confidential report filed in court, DCI forensic examiner Alex Mwongera compared Panesar’s known signatures with those on the contested Will and concluded they did not match.
He explained that there were notable irregularities in pen movement, strokes, and formation.
“The signatures are dissimilar and distinguishable, hence not made by the same author,” Mwongera said.
At the same time, an independent forensic analyst, Emmanuel Karisa Kenga, supported the findings after examining Panesar’s signatures on nine official documents.
He stated that the mismatch was glaring.
The Kwale land battle began in April 2022, when the Environment and Land Court handed the 53-acre beachfront parcel to three occupants, including Mohammed Ruwa Maridadi, Anthony Michael Mwanza Mulwa, and Ahmed Ouma Randa, under adverse possession.
The three had lived on the land for over 12 years, and a government survey confirmed permanent houses, boreholes, and mature trees as proof of residence.
Therefore, Justice A.E. Dena ordered the Kwale Land Registrar to transfer ownership to them.
Under Section 7 of the Limitation of Actions Act, anyone occupying private land openly and continuously for 12 years without the owner’s consent can claim ownership.
However, as the three prepared to take over, Elms and Shah went to court to overturn the ruling, arguing they were the legitimate executors of the late Pritam Singh Panesar’s estate and had been left out of the original case.
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Elms Involved in A Separate Case
The scandal comes weeks after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) dropped another decade-long case in which Elms had been accused of forging the Will of deceased British tycoon Roger Bryan Robson.
He was accused of intending to grab Ksh100 million worth of prime Karen land originally meant for charity.
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