DPP APPEALS COURT DECISION GRANTING MARIBE FREEDOM IN MONICA KIMANI MURDER CASE

The Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has filed a notice of appeal against the High Court judgment that acquitted former TV news anchor Jacque Maribe in the murder case of businesswoman Monica Kimani.

In the notice filed by Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions O.J Omondi, the DPP’s office says it was dissatisfied with the ruling delivered by High Court judge Grace Nzioka on Friday last week. “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.

The former TV news anchor was charged alongside Irungu, was however acquitted of the murder charge, with the judge stating that the count of murder was not the proper charge that the prosecution would have preferred against her. The judge ruled that the evidence adduced by the prosecution against Maribe did not place her in the house of the deceased on the fateful night therefore exonerating her from the charge.

“There was no evidence that she had ever communicated with the deceased. 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,” said Justice Nzioka.