DJ Brownskin, real name Michael Macharia Njiri, has been cleared of aiding suicide, neglecting to prevent a felony, and destroying evidence.
Milimani Principal Magistrate Carolyne Nyaguthii Mugo ruled that the prosecution failed to prove the DJ watched his wife die without helping.
The couple’s daughter gives emotional testimony, describing how her father ‘struggled’ to carry her mother to the hospital after she consumed poison.
After nearly three years of public scrutiny and a viral video that shocked the nation, the Milimani Law Courts ruled on Thursday, January 22, 2026, that the DJ is an innocent man.
Magistrate Carolyne Nyaguthii Mugo delivered a stinging rebuke to the prosecution, noting that the case—which saw Brownskin arrested a full year after the tragedy—appeared to have been fueled by a bitter custody battle rather than concrete evidence.
The turning point in the trial came from the most intimate source: the couple’s young daughter.
Identified as PW7, the child stood by her father, painting a picture of a man desperate to save his wife as she succumbed to pesticide poisoning in their Kariobangi South home on July 29, 2022.
“I know my dad very well; he was a loving father and husband,” she told the court in a moving testimony.
“Dad struggled to carry Mum and went to the hospital with her. These are actions of a person who cares.”
The Magistrate echoed these sentiments in her ruling, stating that the DJ’s actions were those of a man in crisis, not a criminal.
Central to the case was a harrowing video that went viral in 2023, appearing to show the DJ watching as his wife, Sharon Njeri Mwangi, consumed poison.
However, the court heard that this video was leaked only after a dispute erupted between Brownskin and his in-laws over the custody of his children.
Crucially, the Magistrate noted that the prosecution failed to produce the original video in court as formal evidence. It emerged that the video’s leak was intended to negatively affect the DJ during the custody battle.
The court further noted that Brownskin was only arrested on June 1, 2023—nearly a year after the suicide—only after the video began circulating online.
The Magistrate concluded that the evidence produced by seven witnesses failed to establish a prima facie case.
“Having considered the evidence in totality… the court cannot simply convict him,” Magistrate Mugo ruled.
“I proceed to acquit the accused person on all counts.”
As the DJ walked free on Thursday afternoon, the ruling closed a dark chapter that saw him face a trial by social media and spend months under the shadow of a potential life sentence.
For DJ Brownskin, the “struggle” to save his wife may have failed, but his fight for justice has finally ended in victory.
