A don yesterday claimed he abandoned his palatial home in Nairobi five years ago after he was informed his wife was plotting to kill him.

Prof Edward Kairo said his now estranged wife, Mary Ndiba, was planning to murder him so as to inherit his estate.

He was testifying in a case in which Ms Ndiba is accused of forging documents to transfer ownership of a car he had bought her before their marriage hit the rocks.

He said he got the information from his sister-in-law.