The High Court in Nairobi will rule today on the murder trial of Joshua Irungu alias Jowie and former TV news anchor Jacqueline Maribe.
The two ex-lovers are accused of killing businesswoman Monica Kimani, who was discovered dead with her throat slit in her Nairobi home in September 2018.
The verdict was scheduled to be delivered on October 6th, but it was postponed due to Lady Justice Grace Nzioka's illness.
The verdict was delivered today, following the conclusion of the trial in July, when the defense submitted their final submissions, in which Irungu and Maribe, through their lawyers, asked the court to acquit them.
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They claimed that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were responsible for Monica's brutal murder in her Lamuria Gardens apartment.
Maribe's lawyer, Katwa Kigen, specifically argued that none of the witnesses in the case had incriminated the former news anchor.
"The case is based on circumstantial evidence; there's no direct evidence against the second accused person," Maribe's lawyer said.
Kigen also told the court that Maribe was unaware of Monica's existence and that 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 said.
"While there is no telephone data to show that she communicated with the deceased, Maribe has provided timings of where she was and who she was with when Monica's alleged murder occurred." "Now that the prosecution has confirmed the location and times, where is the entry point?" he asked.
