Witness: I never saw British aristocrat Alexander Monson smoking

Hillary Martin Monson (left), mother to the late Alexander Monson and a friend follow the proceedings during the Inquest into the cause of the death of Alexander Monson (her late son) a British Tourist, at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on Tuesday 20th June 2017. Alexander was found dead at Diani Police Station in Kwale County in the year 2012. Photo/Kelvin Karani

A police officer who aided the arrest in Diani of British aristocrat Alexander Monson, who died in police custody, has contradicted official claims that the deceased was smoking marijuana when he was arrested in a club.

William Serem's testimony to the judicial inquest investigating the death also contradicts a previous claim by fellow policeman Corporal Naftali Chege, who testified last year that Mr Monson was arrested while smoking a roll of marijuana. Now Constable Serem claims he heard of the marijuana claim from Mr Chege.