Maxine Wahome, a rally driver who had been detained for the past 25 days in connection with the death of her fiance Assad Khan, was released from Lang’ata women’s prison on Friday at 2.40 p.m. after paying Ksh 2 million bond.
Ms. Wahome was met by her mother, Beverly Wahome, upon her release.
When the mother went to serve the release order on the prison commandant, she was accompanied by lawyer Steve Kimathi.
The release order was signed and sealed by a deputy registrar of the High Court criminal division after Ms. Wahome deposited security of Sh2 million.
Mother and daughter held each other’s hands and prayed before getting into a waiting car. They drove off to their city residence where Senior Counsel Philip Murgor, teaming up with Mr. Kimathi and Mr. Andrew Musangi said she will be staying pending the determination of the murder case.
On Thursday, Justice Lilian Mutende freed her on a bond of Sh2 million with one surety of a similar amount.
Ms. Wahome denied murdering Khan on December 12, 2022.
While releasing her, the judge said: “This court takes judicial notice that bail is a constitutional right to any accused person unless compelling reasons are advanced to show that the suspect is a threat to justice.”
She directed Ms. Wahome to deposit her passport in court and keep away from witnesses.
Further, the judge warned her that “the court will not hesitate to cancel her bond should she interfere with witnesses”.
After she was granted the Sh2 million bond, Mr. Murgor urged Justice Mutende to consider granting her an alternative cash bail, but the judge declined.
Besides depositing a surety bond, Justice Mutende directed the accused to deposit her passport in court and then ordered her not to travel without the court’s permission.
The case will be mentioned on April 19 for a hearing date to be fixed.
Ms. Wahome has maintained that she did not kill Khan, claiming he was the author of the injuries that led to his hospitalization before he died.
Three pathologists who performed the post-mortem on Khan said the cause of death was septicemia, a bacterial infection.
