Celebrated rally driver Maxine Wahome has been released on cash bail of Sh100,000 after spending a day in custody over claims of assaulting her boyfriend Asad Khan who is currently hospitalised in critical condition.
Nairobi magistrate Bernard Ochoi said in a ruling that there was no compelling reasons to keep the 24-year-old rally driver in custody as requested by police. The police wanted her to be held in custody for 14 days to complete investigations into the matter.
The magistrate directed Ms Wahome to be reporting to Kilimani police station every Thursday until the police complete the probe or January 16.
The police told the court that the matter was reported to Kilimani police station, and they rushed to the scene and fond Ms Wahome in the house looking disturbed.
On Tuesday, Ms Wahome had made an application to the court for the case to be heard in camera, saying she was a victim and needed protection.
But Mr Ochoi rejected the application saying the application under Victims Protection Act was premature because it was not clear who was aggressor or the victim.
The investigating officer said the boyfriend is still admitted at the High Dependency Unit at Avenue Hospital. They said the boyfriend could not give satisfactory account of what happened to him.
The court heard that Ms Wahome was also willing to assist with the investigations and had cooperated so far.
Further, the investigator said the scene has been documented and forensic evidence including blood stains and broken glasses collected for examination.
The police said they needed to find whether there were accomplices so that they could be arrested, obtain call data from their mobile phones for analysis and conduct DNA test of the blood samples.
“That the continued detention of the respondent is immensely necessary for the furtherance and finalizing of the investigations, her release could further lead to interference with the investigations and a flight risk as has not disclosed her fixed abode,” the police said.
The magistrate, however, rejected the application saying the reasons were not compelling enough to hold her in custody.
Meanwhile, the family of the boyfriend, who is a top rally driver, is appealing for blood donation as he remains admitted at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward of a Nairobi hospital.
Preliminary investigations were that Khan sustained a deep cut in his ankle, which was allegedly inflicted by the woman.
Ms Wahome claimed that the man hurt himself as he was attacking her and as a victim, she needed protection.
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