THE COURT,
Mindful of the documents of the case file;
Having heard the pleas of the accused;
Having heard the submissions of the Legal Department;
Having heard the arguments of the accused in their
defence and who received the floor in last position;
IFacts
On 6 September 2019, Manboy Ijoy filed a complaint
against A. A at the Ouahigouya Central Police Station on
facts of assault and battery; that to back that complaint,
she explained that she lived in the same apartment with
her boss, A. A with Blézi, Parazie and Mimi; she went on
to say that all the above-mentioned girls were sex workers;
that she and Mimi particularly
“worked” for A. A who is their boss; that the latter was so
demanding that she always expected them to have done
more; that considering Mimi’s younger age, she could not
cope with the rate of sexual intercourse; that one day,
while they were on their working spot, Mimi started
feeling pains in her genital organs; that she took the
initiative to rent a motorbike to get her to the house where
she could rest; that being unhappy with this attitude, her
boss picked a fight with her; that besides, her elder brother
who leaves in Holland had sent her CFA F 300,000 (three
hundred thousand); that until date, she has never been able
to collect that money; that each time she asked for it
Aneita Anene let hell loose; that the incident at the place
of work broke the camel’s back; that since then, A. A had
been looking for a way to make her pay for her effrontery;
that on 3 September 2019, A. A grabbed a knife to stab her
while they were in the room; that after fighting her, she
succeeded in collecting the knife from her; that after this
incident, she went out of the house to sit on the veranda
thinking the fight had ended; that for her not to take care,
A. A pretended to put water on the fire to cook rice; that
while she was not paying attention she poured the boiling
water on her back;
Continuing with investigations, investigating
agents interrogated A. A who partially rejected the facts
against her; she said on that they she actually placed water
on the fire to cook rice; that while she was going out of the
house with the hot water, she stumbled;