The Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has filed an appeal against the High Court’s verdict acquitting former TV news anchor Jacque Maribe in the murder case of businesswoman Monica Kimani.
Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions O.J Omondi filed the notice, expressing dissatisfaction with the ruling issued by High Court Judge Grace Nzioka last Friday.
“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 the 9th of February 2024, appeals to the Court of Appeal against the part of the judgment acquitting the 2nd Accused Person,” the notice reads.
Lady Justice Grace Nzioka found Joseph Irungu alias Jowie guilty of the murder of businesswoman Monica Nyawira Kimani, who was brutally killed on the night of September 19, 2018, at her Lamuria Gardens apartment in Nairobi.
Former TV news anchor Jacque Maribe, who 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.
