Jowie Irungu who is accused of the gruesome murder of Monica Kimani was seen emotional today after meeting his mother. Jowie had been presented in court to take his plea alongside anchor Jacque Maribe.
As the suspects waited in the docks for judge Jessie Lessit to get into the courtroom, Jowie’s mother walked over to where his son was standing.The two engaged in a prolonged emotional embrace before his mother broke the hug and went back to her seat among the audience at Milimani Law Courts.
When Jowie took his seat, he took a crouching posture and appeared to wipe tears off his eyes epitomizing the emotional encounter with his mother.
A similar moment that trended on social media was witnessed between Jacque and her father Mzee Mwangi Maribe on October 9. Maribe’s father kept her company as she checked in at the court registry where she clinched at him later engaging in some chat and banter before the court session commenced.
Lady Justice Lessit had deferred the plea-taking on Tuesday last week to allow Maribe undergo a mental assessment before being charged.
The results of a mental assessment on the Royal Media Services’ News Anchor were released on Friday paving way for her arraignment in court.
Prosecution Counsel, Catherine Mwaniki, sought two weeks before the trial commences, a request that was objected by defense lawyers, including Maribe’s Katwa Kigen who pleaded with the judge to expedite the process.
“We’re kindly requesting for accelerated dates if it is not possible to have the mention today,” Kigen pleaded as Lady Justice Lessit put him to task as she asked for grounds for the request.
“Anything you request must have a supporting reason. Why accelerated?” she asked.
Kigen told the court to consider placing the matter before a judge later on Monday since his client has been in police custody since September 30.
Lady Justice Lessit finally slated the matter for mention on Wednesday, while directing the prosecution to file and serve affidavits by 2 pm on Monday.
The State had indicated that it had drafted an affidavit with eighteen annexure, which affidavit laid grounds for the objection of the release of the two accused persons on bail.
Jacque and Jowie were making an appearance in court in the mention of their case.Both the Irungu and Maribe family have in the past maintained that their son and daughter, respectively, are innocent with the two equally affirming the position by denying the charges on Monday.