Mental test confirms Safari Rally Driver Maxine Wahome fit to stand murder trial

Safari Rally Driver Maxine Wahome is set to take plea in court on Wednesday over the death of her late boyfriend and fellow rally driver Asad Khan.

According to Lawyer Phillip Murgor a mental test conducted on Maxine on Tuesday morning confirmed that she was fit to stand trial.

Maxine is expected to answer to one count of murder before the High Court in Milimani.

Murgor, who has just taken over the case from the previous lawyer says he has gone through all the evidence and facts, and he does not know why the murder charge was preferred against his client.

The lawyer noted that he will not go into the merits of the case at this stage but he hopes the state is ready to prosecute the murder case with speed.

The Director of Public Prosecution made the decision to charge Wahome with murder after investigations were concluded.

On Monday this week, a miscellaneous application that had been filed against Maxine Wahome was withdrawn.

This is after the prosecution made a decision to charge her with murder of the late Asad Khan. 

The application had been filed by the prosecution in December 2022, to enable them complete investigations into the matter.