Breaking News: Joseph Irungu alias Jowie found guilty of Monica Kimani murder.
Breaking News: Joseph Irungu alias Jowie found guilty of Monica Kimani murder: Joshua Irungu alias Jowie has been found guilty of the murder of Nairobi businesswoman Monica Kimani which occurred in 2018.
In her judgment on Friday, Lady Justice Grace Nzioka noted that the prosecution had proved to the court that Jowie Irungu committed the offense.
The court determined that Jowie (the first accused) indeed knew the deceased before her death. Jowie, in his defence, had however told to the court that he had never met or known the deceased.
Using the testimony of Kimani’s brother and cell phone record, the Justice determined that Jowie had known the deceased before her death. Kimani’s brother told the court that they spent a night at the deceased home on August 30, 2018.
Justice Nzioka stated, “The 1st accused (Jowie Irungu) claimed he did not know the deceased at all. George Kimani, the deceased’s brother submitted that Jowie and Monica Kimani were in the same class in 2002 taking the same course in hotel and beverage management.”
On matters last seen with the deceased, the court agreed with the prosecution’s evidence that the security personnel was the last person to be with the businesswoman before her death.
The Judge ruled, “When the Doctrine of Last Seen is applied, the law presumes that the person last seen with the deceased was responsible for their death, and the accused is supposed to present an explanation of what happened.”
Notably, the Judge ascertained that prosecution’s aspersions that Jowie used a gun to intimidate the deceased before her death.
Notably, forensic evidence established that the blood stains on Jowie’s shorts belonged to the businesswoman.
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