B. I, the plaintiff's son; NACANABO Wendpouiré, the neighbour of the accused was also heard as a witness; he stated that on the day of the events, the accused had met him at home to inform him that the child had died as a result of an illness called "luii-la" in the Mooré language; he advised him to inform the village chief; that while on their way to the chief's house, the accused revealed to him that the child had died as a result of an argument he had had with his mother who, unbalanced by a slap he had given her, had thrown the child against the wall in her fall; NACANABO Zalissa, another concubine of the accused, was also heard as a witness and stated that she had not been an eyewitness to the scene because she was in bed in her house at the time of the incident; Upon completion of the investigation, the investigating officers referred N. N N aka H to the State Counsel of Faso at the High Court of Ouahigouya, who, in an introductory indictment dated March 28, 2017, requested the investigating judge of the said court to open an investigation against him for murder in accordance with the provisions of Articles 318 paragraphs 1 and 347 of the Penal Code; Charged in accordance with the terms of the indictment, N. N aka H remained consistent in his statements during his interrogation at his first appearance before the investigating magistrate; he reiterated that during an argument, he had given a slap and a punch to his concubine GANAME Ammi who, while falling, kicked the victim against the wall; The latter maintained her statements made during the preliminary investigation, while specifying that her co-wife NACANABO Zalissa was present when her partner took the child out of her hands and threw it against the wall; NACANABO Zalissa, who was in her turn heard, stated that she had in no way witnessed the events leading up to the death of the child; that she was in her house when her partner attacked her co-wife; that it was the latter's shouts that led her out of the house; that she could not therefore state which of her partner or co-wife was the cause of the infant's death; Upon completion of the investigation, the investigating judge communicated the file to the Legal Department, who requested that the case be dismissed in favour of the accused; Following the closing order dated May 11, 2018, the investigating judge reclassified the murder charges against the accused as manslaughter and referred him back to the criminal court to answer; Entered on the cause list of October 17, 2018, the case was repeatedly referred back before being retained and debated at the hearing of March 6, 2019; Before the court, the accused essentially maintained his statements made during the preliminary investigation and before the investigating magistrate; He stated that after receiving the slap, his concubine GANAME Ammi, had fallen to the ground and was violently agitating; that it was in this agitation that she kicked the child against the wall, resulting in his death; Heard as a witness, NACANABO Zalissa maintained that he had not been an eyewitness to the scene; NACANABO Wendpouïré, however, reiterated that the accused had initially told him that the child had died as a result of an illness and that he had only revealed the circumstances of the child's death on their way to the chief's house to report the news; After the submissions of the Legal Department, which requested that the accused be kept in connection with the prejudice and be sentenced to 12