- The last time the matter was in court, a video clip was played showing an emotional Wahome narrating to her father and detectives how she was assaulted by her late lover.
- From the clip, Wahome is heard crying saying "Daddy, he cut himself. He kicked the window. I was the one who was beaten up."
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The High Court is today expected to proceed with the trial of rally race driver Maxine Wahome over the murder of her boyfriend Assad Khan.
The last time the matter was in court, a video clip was played showing an emotional Wahome narrating to her father and detectives how she was assaulted by her late lover Assad Khan before he died.
From the clip, Wahome is heard crying saying "Daddy, he cut himself. He kicked the window. I was the one who was beaten up."
The clip is part of the evidence relied on by the defense counsels.
It was introduced when one of the prosecution witnesses told the court that he was the one who went to Kileleshwa police station and came with the officers to Assad’s house after finding him lying in a pool of blood.
Samuel Kimani told trial Judge Lillian Mutende that Assad was alive before he went to seek help from the police.
"He was lying there, mumbling. I heard him say, 'babe" the witness said.
Samuel Kimani was a neighbor to Assad and also the Chairman of the Kileleshwa Preston Court Residents Association.
He described Assad as a quiet person "but a totally different character when you get to know the other side of him".
On occasion, the guards had told him of violent incidents in Assad’s house.
"Not once, not twice but multiple times. For the 10 years I've stayed there. The nature of the fracas has always involved a woman and him," Kimani said.
Defense hearing of ex-Kiambu Governor Waititu to proceed
The anti-corruption court is to proceed with the defense hearing of former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and others who were found to have a case to answer in the Sh588 million graft case.
Waititu had asked the court to acquit him on grounds that the charges levelled against him were politically instigated after he fell out with the ruling class.
In the case, Waititu, his wife Susan Wangari, Testimony Enterprises, its directors and others were in 2019 charged over the irregular award of Sh588,198,328.20 road tender in Kiambu County.
The tender in question was issued on February 12, 2018, and awarded to Testimony Enterprise owned by -Charles Chege and Beth Wangeci-after quoting Sh588 million.
The tender was for upgrading of various gravel roads in Thika, Limuru, Gatundu North, Juja, and Ruiru sub-counties during the financial year 2017-2018. After the award, the company allegedly gave former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu a kickback of Sh25.6 million.
The prosecution closed its case after calling 32 witnesses and presenting several documentary evidence.