Justice Grace Nzioka now says that the court has established that Joseph 'Jowie' Irungu was in slain Monica Kimani's house.
The judge said there was enough evidence that Jowie was the last person seen with Monica at her Lamuria Gardens house.
Justice Nzioka said this was proven by a protected witness who also identified Jowie in the identification parade.
Jowie had accessed the estate Monica lived in using an identity card belonging to another person.
"It is the finding of this court that the first accused person was in the deceased house on the material date and he was the last person to be seen with the deceased. The evidence of the protected witness is that Harun whom he identified on the parade as the first accused person left that house at 23.00 and no one else went to that house," she said.
"It is the evidence of this witness that the deceased's Sudanese boyfriend was not in Kenya. And there is evidence that the deceased was supposed to travel the following day to go to Dubai to meet the Sudanese boyfriend and business and holiday,"
Justice Nzioka of the Milimani Law Courts is delivering her ruling on the case that has been ongoing for over five years.
The judgment had been adjourned twice with the last time Maribe's advocate Katwa Kigen indicating to the court she was unwell.
Jowie is the first accused person in the murder trial of Monica. He was charged alongside Jacque Maribe in 2018.
Monica’s body was found at her Lamuria Gardens Apartment which is located on Kitale Lane off Denis Pritt Road in Kilimani.
The two have been on trial since 2018, with the prosecution having called 35 witnesses.
