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Justice Grace Nzioka allowed the admission of the confession statement recorded by journalist Jacque Maribe in Monica Kimani's murder case.
During the hearing on Monday, July 19, Nzioka stated that Joseph Irungu alias Jowie would be allowed to cross-examine her through his lawyer.
“The second accused person who recorded the statement has no objection to the statement being admitted as evidence and this court cannot deny her an opportunity to adduce whatever evidence she so wish to adduce,” stated Justice Nzioka.
However, Jowie's lawyer, Hassan Nandwa, opposed the admission of the confession stating that it would implicate his client.
“We are objecting to the admission of the statement which appears like a confession against Joseph Irungu. The statement is like an indictment against him. The prosecution cannot be allowed to rely on it as evidence,” Jowie's lawyer explained.
Nandwa added that the statement which Maribe recorded on September 29, 2018, was self-incriminating since it indicted him in the murder of Kimani.
But Justice Nzioka final verdict allowed Maribe's confession to be admitted in court on Wednesday, July 20.
Maribe and Jowie reportedly had a union before the case drew them asunder.
At the same time, Chief Inspector of Police Maxwell Otieno, was the last person to testify in the Kimani's murder case.
He told the court that the accused person was armed with a pistol which he used to make the deceased submit.
Otieno further told the court that the murder of the businesswoman was pre-planned.
“I said that this firearm was an alternative murder weapon, I did not observe any defensive marks on the body of the deceased. The first accused person used the firearm to make the deceased submit, because ordinarily you will encounter defensive marks on somebody who is being attacked, there was none.”
The Chief Inspector had earlier indicated that the accused person used someone else's ID to access the deceased's apartment.
A GSU officer was further linked to the case with Otieno alleging that he drove Jowie to the murder scene.
