Finally there is enough evidence to tie Jacque Maribe and her former lover Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu to the death of businesswoman Monica Kimani four years after her gruesome murder.
The trial judge on Wednesday March 29, 2023, ruled that the prosecution had adduced enough evidence against the two suspects.
The judge was convinced by the prosecution submission that Jowie and Maribe jointly murdered the 29-year-old Juba-based businesswoman in September 2018.
Chief Investigating Officer Maxwell Otieno, in June last year placed Jowie – the first accused – at the scene of the crime in Lamuria Gardens on the night Monica is alleged to have been murdered.
Officer Otieno said that through forensic analysis exhibited in call data, Jowie was captured leaving the scene of the murder at 23:35 hours; this was confirmed by Jowie’s friend Jennings Orlando.
According to eyewitness accounts, Jowie was also the last known person to be with the deceased before her death.
The witness told the court that the two accused persons gave contradicting statements to investigating teams in relation to Jowie’s injuries at Maribe’s house in Royal Park Estate.
The two claimed Jowie had been attacked by thugs but investigating officers proved that the injuries were self inflicted using a neighbour’s gun.
The prosecution displayed items collected in the duration of the investigation and submitted them as exhibits.
These included specimen collected from the body of the deceased, Maribe’s car, apartment A8 at Lamuria Gardens, and Royal Park Estate where the jointly accused lived.
The lifeless body of Monica Kimani was discovered at around 1 pm on September 20th, 2018 at her apartments house on Kitale Lane off Denis Pritt road.
The late businesswoman was found dead in a bathtub with her throat slit. Jowie and his then-lover Jacque Maribe were arrested in connection with the murder.
