Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancé Joseph Irungu alias Jowie have pleaded not guilty to the charge of killing Monica Kimani.
Appearing before judge Jessie Lesiit, Maribe and Jowie were jointly charged with the murder of Monica Kimani.
“Joseph Kuria Irungu and Jacque Maribe at an unknown time at Lamuria Gardens apartments on Kitale Lane, off Denis Pritt Road in Kilimani area within Nairobi County you are jointly charged with the murder of Monica Kimani,” judge Lesiit read out the charge, to which the two pleaded not guilty.
Jowie, the main suspect in the case, was arrested on September 24 after police placed him at the scene of the crime.
CCTV footage also showed that he had used Maribe’s car to get to Lamuria Apartments on Kitale Lane, off Denis Pritt Road.
Journalist Jacque Maribe and her fiancé, Joseph Irungu alias Jowie deny murdering Monica Kimani on September 19th in Nairobi, court yet to hear bail application pic.twitter.com/n3p81PSBkv
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 15, 2018