Police Constable Forgives Husband Who Stabbed Her Several Times

A Nyahururu court was on Tuesday taken aback after a police woman, who was on Sunday stabbed by her lover and left for dead, sought to withdraw the charges.

Police Constable Sharon Wamuyu told Nyahururu Chief Magistrate Judith Wanjala, that she was not willing to continue with the case involving her husband Paul Okato.

According to police reports, on January 5, 2019, the accused attempted to kill Ms Wamuyu by stabbing her two times.

“I am fine, and not willing to continue with the case. The accused person is my husband and I sustained the injuries as I was trying to defend myself,” Ms Wamuyu interjected the court clerk, while cuddling her infant.

She added that she had made the decision out of her own free will, and had neither been threatened nor compelled to withdraw the charges.

Ms Wamuyu, a police officer attached to the Nyahururu police station sustained serious stabs wounds in her chest and left hand during the incident that occurred at the Nyahururu police line in Nyahururu town Laikipia County.

Asked by the magistrate why she wanted such a serious charge against the accused person withdrawn, constable Wamuyu said that the accused person was her husband and the incident occurred only as a result of a normal domestic qualm.

The magistrate, who also raised concerns why the victim had not obtained a P3 form after the attack, directed area probation officer Polycarp Wandera to file a probation report.

“Case of domestic are becoming rampant. The probation officer should file a report on the root cause of the row between the two and submit it before the court,” noted the Magistrate.

The police had also pressed attempted suicide charge against Okato which he denied.

The court heard that the accused person after stabbing the victim tried to commit suicide by hanging himself using a sisal rope.

The case will be mentioned on January 13, this year

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