Michael Macharia, popularly known as DJ Brownskin has finally been charged before Milimani Law Courts in connection with the death of his wife, Sharon Njeri, by suicide.
This follows a video that surfaced in April and went viral showing DJ Brownskin in what appeared to be him recording his wife taking poison.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, DJ Brownskin denied three charges of aiding suicide, neglect to prevent a felony and destroying evidence by deleting the videos he had uploaded on his social media regarding the suicide incident at their house in July last year.
"That on July 29, 2022, at Kariobangi South Buruburu Sub-county in Nairobi county, the DJ counselled his late wife Njeri to kill herself by taking poison, " the charge sheet reads.
He was also charged that on the same date, a place knowing that Njeri was designed to commit suicide failed to use all reasonable causes to prevent the suicide.
Further, DJ Brownskin faced another charge that on diverse dates between June 1, 2023, to date while within Kasarani Sub-county within Nairobi county while knowing that his phone number might be required to be produced as evidence in the case willfully deleted the videos with the intent to prevent the same from being tender in court as evidence.
After denying the charges he urged the court to release him on reasonable bail terms saying he will abide by all conditions set by the court.
The court heard that the DJ has been in custody for more than a week as police complete investigations into the matter.
The DJ was prosecuted after police completed investigations into the offences.
Magistrate Onyina has detained DJ Brownskin for three days pending a pre-bail report from the probation officers.
