REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL DAKAR COURT OF APPEAL CORRECTIONAL CHAMBER Judgment No… Parties present Public Prosecutor, Solicitor General and ……… on behalf (counsel) Versus ( counsel…, counsel…) Present ….: President ….: Judges ….: Registrar Between: The Public Prosecutor and Madam…born 03.03. 1962 in Dakar of late… and … housewife, domiciled in Ndoyene Deny Youssou, Tel:....on behalf of; Respondent, absent at the hearing and assisted by …., counsel; ON THE ONE HAND AND Cheikh…. born on 25.7. 1953 in Zinguinchor, son of… and of…, domiciled at Parcelles Assainies, Unité 14 (SAP); Appellant, appearing at the hearing, assisted by … and …., counsels; Accused of rape of a minor with less than 13 years and pedophilia; ON THE OTHER HAND The Special high court of Dakar, deliberating on the said matter, made the following decision on 19.03. 2019: “Deliberating publicly and in the presence of parties in correctional matters and at first instance; Declares the accused guilty of the facts with which he is charged; Sentences him to ten (10) years of imprisonment; Declares admissible the civil action by … on behalf of…; Grants nominal franc to the claimant for civil damages; Orders the accused to pay the costs; Sets enforcement by committal to maximum”; The accused and the public prosecutor appealed the above mentioned decision on basis of the court registrar’s acts of 22 and 26. 03, 2019; Following the appeals and the written submissions of the public prosecutor at this court, the accused and claimants