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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.