Brian Kassaine (with face covered)
Brian Kassaine (with face covered)
A close buddy of Jacque Maribe and her fiance Joseph Irungu a.k.a Jowie was today taken to court.

Brian Kassaine who is the part owner of PitStop Bar a popular pub in Langata is linked to the murder of Monicah Kimani who was killed in her apartment, in the most brutal of ways.

Today, Brian was pictured arriving at the Kiambu Law Courts where police are expected to make application to detain him for further investigation into the murder Monicah.

In the affidavit, Maribe told detectives that Jowie attempted to commit suicide on the night of September 20 and 21 at around 1 am by shooting himself after a serious disagreement between the two.

Gun experts believe he used a piece of cloth to cover the pistol's nozzle, to act as a silencer to avoid raising suspicion on the shooting.

After he shot himself, Maribe said he rushed out to a house belonging to another suspect.

The suspect whose name has been concealed told the police that Jowie woke him up and told him to go and secure the gun at Maribe's house.

The suspect rushed to the house and found a bullet of 9mm and one spent cartridge on the floor at the entrance to the master bedroom.

Maribe recorded a statement at the Lang'ata police station in regard to the said shooting incident and alleged that Jowie had been shot at by three-man gang who were on a motorbike near the gate of their residence.

“Some of the key exhibits in the case i.e Kanzu and a jacket were partly burnt at the residence of the respondent and it believed that this was done with the respondent's full knowledge,” reads the affidavit.

During the time of arrest, they recovered several items which included shoes and several pieces of clothing and a well-detailed inventory was recovered.

“Among the items recovered they are yet to be subjected for forensic examination by the government analyst,” read the affidavit.
Maribe's mobile phone, iPhone 7+ with a Safaricom Card was seized. The DPP had previously recovered one 9mm live bullet (ammunition). They also impounded motor vehicle KCA 031E Toyota Allion Silver on September 25, 2018.
“That the said motor vehicle mentioned was seen on the CCTV footage at the crime scene and was driven by Joseph Kuria Irung alias Jowie,” read the affidavit in parts.

The investigation so far shows that one of the suspects gave out a firearm to Jowie on several occasion and one of such occasion was on September 9.

Maribe will be detained for 11 more days at the Gigiri as police continue investigations into the murder of Monica Kimani continue.

The detectives said that they will extract DNA samples from the Maribe for the purposes of the comparison with a sample taken at the scene of her residence.

Read the court documents filed by the prosecution. It details everything the cops have to build a case against Jacque Maribe and Jowie.