DPP said that Stella was on that day waiting for transport to go to work when Yawa arrived and forced her to board his tuktuk.
A tuktuk driver has been sentenced to three years in prison after assaulting his estranged wife and forcefully taking her medical kit.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alfred Ziro Yawa assaulted Stella Miki Ziro at Mavueni Stage in Kilifi on January 9, 2025, as she waited for transport to her workplace at Chasimba Hospital.
DPP said that Stella was on that day waiting for transport to go to work when Yawa arrived and forced her to board his tuktuk.
Upon refusal, he allegedly alighted and struck her eight times on her head before taking her kit that contained her money, house keys and work identity card.
Stella was accounted for by eye witnesses and medical evidence from Chasimba dispensary that showed she had suffered pain on the left side of her head caused by the hit of a blunt object.
An investigating officer from Chasimba Police Station also testified on the circumstances of the assault and its impact on the complainant.
Stellah told the court that she had been living separately from Yawa after leaving their marriage where he married a second wife.
