knowledge that OUEDRAOGA Marie Madeleine, O.K and S.S declared to the Kongoussi territorial gendarmerie brigade as witnesses to the deliberate assault and battery of KINDA Armel that they were the perpetrators of these crimes; that they had acted in such a way that S. J would either encounter them or leave the neighbourhood because of her excessive behaviour; Whereas, however, to defend themselves at the bar of the Court, they attributed the commission of these misdeeds to the children who were part of the group of women involved in holding the aforementioned woman accountable; that they also declared that they were responsible for the destruction of property belonging to S. J to cover up the said children; that these means of defence can in no case prosper, because they were the instigators of this mood movement in the course of which the property of the plaintiff was destroyed, therefore they must assume full and entire responsibility for any kind of drift in this case the acts for which they are accused; that also, it is contradictory to recognize themselves as the author of the acts of the children to cover them and wanting to reject the responsibility for these same acts; Whereas from all of the above, it is appropriate to conclude that all the elements constituting the offence of destruction of property to the prejudice of S. J are present, and to declare them guilty; B- SENTENCE Whereas the acts of wilful destruction of property belonging to another person as defined in the above-mentioned Article 622-1 are punishable by 3 (three) months to 2 (two) years' prison term and a fine of CFA 250,000 to 1,000,000; Whereas pursuant to article 211-1, paragraphs 1 and 3 of the penal code, when the accused is found guilty of the acts alleged against him, the judge before whom the case is brought has the option of pronouncing either an actual or suspended or mixed sentence; that the suspension is not applicable to prison sentences exceeding 5 (five) years; That article 216-1, paragraph 1 of the same code stipulates that: "Within the legal limits set by law, the court pronounces sentences and sets their regime according to the circumstances of the offence and the personality of the perpetrator’; Whereas in this case, the three accused are first-time offenders; whereas, moreover, they are also mothers; whereas all these circumstances militate in their favour for an indulgence in the determination of the sanction; Whereas from all of the above, it is appropriate to sentence them to 12 (twelve) months' suspended imprisonment and a fine of CFAF two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000); II- CIVIL ACTION A- AS TO FORM Whereas it follows from Article 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure that a civil action for compensation for a crime or misdemeanour or for a contravention belongs to any person who has personally suffered the damage directly caused by the offence; whereas Article 3 of the same Code provides that: "A civil action may be filed together with a prosecution and before the same court. It shall be admissible on any