Forensic evidence in the murder case of Monica Kimani was used to seal the fate of former Citizen TV anchor Jacque Maribe and Joseph Irungu on Wednesday, ...
- Bodl30 March 2023 - 7:08 pm The businesswoman was found murdered at her apartment in Kilimani on September 19, 2018. According to the ODPP, other pieces of evidence were collected from separate scenes and presented in court.An image of the late businesswoman Monica Kimani who died on September 19, 2018 at her Kilimani apartment."
When a court states an accused person has a case to answer it simply means that a prima facie case has been established. Defense gets opportunity to ...
To digest this further, in simple terms, it means the establishment of a rebuttal presumption that an accused person is guilty of the offence he/she is charged with." “Prima facie case” is defined by the same dictionary as “The establishment of a legally required rebuttable presumption”. He added: "A mere scintilla of evidence can never be enough: nor can any amount of worthless discredited evidence. In other words, does the accused have a case to answer?" "As I have stated above the issue before me at this stage is whether the evidence so far adduced warrants calling upon the accused to defend himself. [According to Kenya Law Reports Criminal Case No.
ICT Chief Administrative Secretary Dennis Itumbi says he still believes his longtime friend Jacque Maribe is innocent of late businesswoman Monica Kimani's ...
The two were charged in 2018 with Monica's murder. Justice will be served and your freedom from this case that has completely changed your life will dawn." "I still firmly believe in the innocence of Jacque Maribe.
Jacque Maribe and Jowie Irungu must answer for the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani, the High court has ruled. Justice Grace Nzioka on Wednesday afternoon ...
“I am satisfied that the prosecution has adduced evidence requiring to put each of the two accused persons on their defence,” Justice Nzioka ruled. Jacque Maribe on her part plans to call four witnesses. Justice Grace Nzioka on Wednesday afternoon said the Prosecution had produced enough evidence to put the former lovers on defense.
The ruling in a case in which TV girl Jackie Maribe and ex-boyfriend Joseph 'Jowie' Irungu are battling murder charges has been postponed.
Prof Nandwa referred the court to a testimony by one of the prosecution witnesses who told the court that he found the DNA of an unknown male in Monica’s house. “I challenge the LSK and other consumers of justice to purchase a generator for this law courts to supplement the provision of power,” Justice Nzioka. The judge challenged the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and other stakeholders who are consumers of the services of the judiciary to purchase a generator for the law courts.
Jackie Maribe and Jowie were charged with Monica Kimani's murder in 2018 after her body was discovered in her Kilimani home. Dennis Itumbi.
Justice will be served and your freedom from this case that has completely changed your life will dawn," he added. Both defendants have consistently denied their involvement in the crime. "I still firmly believe in the innocence of Jacque Maribe. "I also firmly believe that one day those who killed Monica will be found. Maribe and Jowie were charged with Monica's murder in 2018 after her body was discovered in her Kilimani home with her hands tied and her throat slit. Additionally, DNA samples taken from Monica's house did not implicate Maribe.
Former TV anchor Jacque Maribe and her ex-fiancé Joseph Irungu alias Jowie have a case to answer in Monica Kimani's murder, the High Court ruled virtually.
Accordingly, they are placed on their defense,”Justice Nzioka ruled. The witness, paraded a list of items collected during the investigations and submitted them as exhibits, told the court that Jowie and Maribe jointly murdered the 29-year-old Juba-based businesswoman in September 2018. Justice Grace Nzioka on Wednesday, March 29, said the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the duo had a hand in the murder of Kimani and put them on their defense.