The High Court is set to deliver judgment in the murder case against Joshua Irungu alias Jowie and former TV news anchor Jacqueline Maribe.
The two are charged with the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani who was found dead with her throat slit at her Nairobi home in September 2018.
Following the trial's conclusion in July, when the defense turned in its closing arguments and Irungu and Maribe, through their attorneys, begged the court to acquit them, Lady Justice Grace Nzioka will announce the verdict today.
They claimed that the prosecution had failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt their guilt in the death of Monica, who was discovered brutally slain at her Lamuria Gardens home.
Particularly stressing that none of the witnesses had implicated the former news anchor during the court processes was Katwa Kigen, Maribe's attorney.
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“The case is based on circumstantial evidence; there's no direct evidence against the second accused person, ”Kigen said.
Further, he told the court that Maribe was not aware of the existence of Monica, and there was no DNA evidence linking her to Monica's murder.
“There was no blood group association between the blood that was found and the accused and there’s no confession that would suggest that she had a hand in the death of Monica," Kigwen argued.
"There's no telephone data to demonstrate that she communicated with the deceased, Maribe has given timings of where she was and the people she was with when Monica's murder allegedly occurred. The prosecution has confirmed both the location and times so where is the entry point then?" he posed.
