Jowie Irungu, the primary suspect in Monica Kimani’s gruesome murder, in his defense hearing on Thursday, told the court that he shot himself on the night Monica is believed to have been murdered.
This is apparently after a falling out with his then-fiance, Jackie Maribe.
Irungu appeared before Lady Justice Grace Nzioka at the Milimani law courts during the defense hearing of the case where he is charged alongside Jacque Maribe.
In his evidence in chief, he told the court that the gun went off by itself at Maribe’a’s house, shortly after they had a heated argument about some messages he saw on her phone.
“We had an argument again about a message I saw on her phone …” Irungu said in defense.
“I got tired and I was throwing my clothes outside, I wanted to leave the house because the same message was repetitive and I was intoxicated and angry I didn’t want to listen to her…” continued Irungu
He said that while he was moving his clothes from Maribe’s house and throwing them outside, the gun went off and a bullet hit him.
“So when I was moving my clothes the gun went out and hit me on the chest so I went to my neighbor Brian,” he added.
He further told Court that the gun was allegedly owned by his neighbor Brian.
“Brian had brought the gun because they were having a fight with the wife and he did not want to do something bad…” he said.
According to Irungu, he gave the police a contradictory account of his bullet wound because the gun’s owner, Brian, told him he had obtained it illegally and would be in trouble if word got out that the same gun caused the accident.
