Mother’s love!! Jackie Maribe’s mum comforts Jowi in court after ‘I’m being tortured in Kamiti’ claim (photo)

Jacque Maribe and Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu appeared before Justice James Wakiaga yet again on Tuesday.

Irungu claimed in court that he was tortured at Kamiti Maximum prison and also needed surgery since the gunshot wound on his left hand is yet to be treated.

Irungu told court he was willing to spend his own cash to treat the arm.

Court proceeding

The Court directed that Irungu be admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital unconditionally or he would be freed on bail to seek medication at a hospital of his choice.

Court: Surely, we cannot hold a man in need of medication. What if he dies in our hands? Is it possible to allow the family to produce a car and prisons provide guard. I order that the accused be admitted at KNH today, whether Gvt owes KNH money or not. No fee should be demanded from the accused. If he is not admitted today, the court will allow him to seek medical treatment at a hospital of his choice. It is so ordered,” Dennis Itumbi later said in a post while giving a recap of how the proceeding went.

After the case, Jackie’s mum was captured in a photo comforting Irungu. The photo has been doing rounds on social media proving truly nothing beats a mother’s love.

Jacque Maribe to spend more time in jail after recent court ruling

Jacque Maribe will spend another 6 days at Langata Women Prison after Justice James Wakiaga ruled that the her bail ruling would be heard on Tuesday 30th October 2018.

Maribe and fiance Joseph Irungu made an appearance seeking for bail after being accused of the murder of Monica Kimani.

Justice Wakiaga ruled in the favour of the prosecution, quashing the affidavit.

Old School

On Wednesday, October 17, Justice Wakiaga also warned the media against engaging prejudicial reporting of the case, saying that he does not like being influenced before hearing a case.  “I’m an old school judge and I do not like it when I’m influenced before I hear a case…media should guard against what to put out,” he said.

Kila mtu a pambane na hali yake! Maribe asks prosecutor to stop linking her to fiance’s alleged crime 

Citizen TV journalist Jacque Maribe who is in court facing murder charges after the death of Monica Kimani wants the court to stop tying her to crimes that her fiance Jowi Irungu is being accused of.

In an affidavit, Maribe said that she’s facing the charges because she was only romantically involved with Irungu and that she’s innocent.

“The only reasons I am standing trial are that I was in love with a person the prosecution have interest in. I allowed him to come live in my house and I allowed him to use my vehicle. There is no witness or forensic material to associate me with the murder,” Maribe said.

Unfair

She went on to tell the court that she gave Irungu her car but she never helped him with any other thing that might link her to the murder.

She said that it was unfair for the court to use communication between him and Irungu as the reason why she should face the charges.

“Irungu was my fiancé as at then and in the circumstances I definitely communicated with him. It is most unfair to use the communication between me and him in the given circumstances of our then existing relationship as a reason to deny me bail,” she argued.

Adding:

“Any of his actions are not necessarily sanctioned or attributed to me. I was not there if there was any burning. I personally was not aware and did not endorse or authorise any burning of anything.”