Journalist Jacque Maribe has been acquitted in the case of the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani.
However, the main suspect in the case Joseph Irungu alias Jowie has been found guilty of the murder which happened on September 19, 2018.
“The prosecution did not adduce adequate evidence to find the second accused person (Jacque Maribe) guilty of the offense of murder,” Justice Grace Nzioka ruled while reading the judgment at Milimani Law Courts.
“The result is that the prosecution did not adduce enough evidence for this court to find the second accused person guilty of the offense of murder of Monica Nyawira Kimani on the night of September 19, 2018,” the High Court judge ruled.
The court however found that she misled the police by giving false information about the murder of the businesswoman.
Maribe was also found to have given her car to Jowie, which he used to travel to Monica’s place at Lamuria Garden apartment in the Kilimani area, where the murder happened.
Justice Nzioka also found that the statements made by Jowie and Maribe over the shooting incident were false. According to Maribe’s statement to the police, Jowie had been shot at their gate.
