Rally driver Maxine Wahome released on Ksh.100K cash bail after allegedly assaulting boyfriend

Kenyan rally driver Maxine Wahome has been released on a Ksh.100,000 cash bail pending investigations into an incident where she is accused of assaulting her boyfriend.

Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi directed that Wahome reports to the case Investigating Officer Stephen Kibei at the Kilimani Police Station weekly.

Wahome was arrested on December 12, 2022 at an apartment in Kilimani after allegedly assaulting and inflicting serious injuries on her boyfriend, Asad Khan.

Asad’s brother, Adila Khan, reported the matter to the police after being informed of the incident by the management of the apartment.

According to a court report seen by Citizen Digital, Kilimani Police Station officers visited the scene and found that Asad had already been rushed to hospital, whereas Wahome was still present but appeared “disturbed since some household goods were littered on the floor and staircase.”

“On further examination, one of the window pane glasses was broken as well as two door window pane glasses were also broken,” added the court document.

The victim, Asad, was initially admitted at the High Dependency Unit of the Nairobi Hospital with serious deep cuts on the right ankle, but was later transferred to Avenue Hospital where he is being treated.

The court report added that Asad is still not in a position to give a satisfactory account of the incident, further that Wahome is however fully cooperating with investigators.

“The scene was documented where forensic evidence to wit blood stains and other items were collected and the respondent was escorted to Kilimani Police Station where she was booked for the offence of grievous harm,” added the report.

The celebrated rally driver spent a day in custody, with police requesting the court to allow them 14 more days to detain her saying; “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.”

Investigating Officer Kibei sought the time to record a statement from Asad as well as witnesses of the incident, and trace – if any – Wahome’s accomplices.

The officer further sought to subject the recovered mobile and SIM cards recovered from Wahome to cyber analysis, and obtain data records from her phone as well as that of Asad to confirm their location at the time of the incident.

He also wants to take both Wahome and Asad for DNA sampling, and then take her fingerprints for forwading to the criminal records registry to ascertain her criminal record.