Their quest to bring their son’s killers to justice has dragged on for more than seven years, blocked at almost every turn by incompetence, cover-up and the grindingly slow nature of Kenya’s legal system.

On Tuesday, the parents of Alexander Monson, son and heir to the 12th Baron Monson, mark another exhausting milestone in that quest as the trial of four Kenyan policemen accused of beating him to death resumes in a sweltering Mombasa courtroom. It is the first time the court is sitting for nearly three months.

It was only through sheer doggedness that the Monson family managed to get this far. Yet, even now, with the end ostensibly in sight, Lord Monson fears that, whatever verdict the court…

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