9 that she did not want to be his wife, nor did she want to sleep with him. She ended up sleeping on the same bed as the appellant, wrapped in a blanket, but faced away from him. [18] The complainant’s first attempt to escape was the following morning when she accompanied a female relative of the appellant to fetch water from a nearby river. She changed out of her amadaki in bushes nearby and ran away. She was chased by the appellant who caught and questioned her. She pretended that she had been practicing for a sporting event. The appellant instructed her to return with him to his home. She was thereafter ordered to make tea but refused. A sheep was slaughtered and she was given something to drink. She threw the drink away. [19] The complainant’s second attempt at escape was that evening when, on the pretext of fetching water to wash herself, she again ran away. She sought shelter at a relative’s house but was turned away. The relative told her that another young girl had previously hidden there but had been found and returned to her “husband”. The complainant slept in a forest and hid there for the following day. That evening she walked the long journey back to her home village. On her arrival she saw that certain members of her family were still awake. She was afraid to go inside because she feared that she would be caught by the male family members and returned to the appellant. She slept outside in the garden and hid in bushes the next day.

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