Government appeals acquittal of Jacque Maribe in Monica Kimani murder
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The office of ODPP files notice of appeal againt high court ruling in the acquittal of Jacque Maribe in Monica Kimani murder
The office of ODPP files notice of appeal againt high court ruling in the acquittal of Jacque Maribe in Monica Kimani murder.
A notice of appeal against the High Court ruling that cleared Jacque Maribe in the murder of entrepreneur Monica Kimani has been submitted by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
In the notice, ODPP expressed its displeasure with the High Court’s ruling to free the former Citizen TV news anchor.
“Take notice that the Republic, the intended Appellant herein, being dissatisfied with the decision of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Hon. G. Nzioka), delivered in Nairobi on February 9, 2024, appeals to the Court of Appeal against the part of the judgment acquitting the 2nd Accused Person,” the notice read in part.
Judge Grace Nzioka ruled that Maribe could not have been found guilty of Monica’s murder based on the DPP’s inadequate evidence.
She went on to say that the court had charged her with perjury rather than murder, and the ODPP had chosen the incorrect accusations against her. It was alleged that Maribe lied to police officers knowingly in order to undermine the case.
Judge Grace Nzioka convicted Joseph Irungu, also known as Jowie, guilty of murder and scheduled his sentencing for March 8 while finding Maribe not guilty.
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“The evidence that the prosecution has brought before this court on the second accused person relates to events of September 20, 2018, and that is the shooting incident,” Judge Nzioka stated that the exhibit linked Maribe to Jowie intentionally shooting himself to change the trajectory of the murder case.
She thus urged the ODPP to take decisive action based on their constitutional mandates.
Maribe when asked for a comment following the ruling, quoted a Bible verse, “I have nothing to say but for you shall know the truth and it shall set you free.”
His lawyers added that they will await further directives before deciding on their way forward.
“She was not at the scene. And in a way we really blamed the prosecution for maintaining an insistence on this case, when it had no basis,” her lawyer Katwa Kigen insisted.
“We want to say that throughout the period, her conscience has been clear, and the evidence has never at any time suggested that she was implicated,” he added.
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