Considering that all parties have appeared and that it is appropriate to adjudicate the matter; On merits Facts and procedure Considering that it appears from the procedural records that on 05.03.2019 … the Diamniadio police was seized by madam… with complaint against …. and… on allegations of rape and pedophilia on her daughter being 11 years old; That the police went to the place where the offences had allegedly been committed and arrested … while … escaped when he saw the police coming; Considering that in the interrogation statement, the complainant stated that her daughter was recurrently scratching her belly due to pains she had, which pushed her to take the minor to the clinic where a doctor confirmed she had been abused sexually and which she charges to the accused; That the victim… confirmed the accusations by her guardian stating that… raped her on the balcony of their house, … in the garden; That, while…. was interrogated, he denied the facts, stating he never had sexual intercourses with the girl…; that, to him, this story was cooked up by the complainant, even though he acknowledged the good relations that exist between their two families; that he was diabetic, which even led him to break up with his young wife after four months of marriage in 2015 because he could not satisfy her sexually; that when presented to the public prosecutor, he was charged with rape of a minor of thirteen years and pedophilia, then brought before the court for suspects caught red-handed, which confirmed these charges, through the contested decision; On the appeal Considering that appearing before the court on 24 December 2019, the accused maintained his statements made at the hearing of the first instance, denying all the facts; adding that madam... , the custodian of the girl, had proposed to him to negotiate with the family, which he refused; That he added that even though he got married in 2015, it was a year earlier that he felt he could no longer have