Fresh Del Monte says it cannot be held liable after violence at Kenyan farm

Civil claim relating to alleged killing, rape and attacks by guards at pineapple farm should be struck out, claim firm's lawyers

Fresh Del Monte has claimed it should not be held liable for a civil lawsuit alleging killing, rape and violence by security guards at its Kenyan pineapple farm because it is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.

In the high court in Thika on Thursday, lawyers for the company's Kenyan subsidiary, Del Monte Kenya, also applied to have a case against the farm struck out altogether.