Kate Mitchell, 42, originally from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, was found with a head injury and signs of strangulation in her room at the Ibis hotel in Nairobi in November 2021, Newcastle Coroner’s Court was told.
After the hearing, Mr Mitchell told reporters that his family was pushing the Kenyan police to reveal more.
A BBC charity worker was murdered in her Kenyan hotel room by an intruder who then fell to his death from the eighth floor, an inquest has heard.
Mr Mitchell, a historian, paid tribute to his sister who he said was “the smartest person I have met”.
Mr Mitchell said that his sister’s murder should not be seen as a risk of living in Africa.
