At the end of arguments and before the
submissions of the Legal Department, Ijoy Manboy
claimed damages parallel to prosecution amounting to
CFA F 600,000;
The Legal Department requested that A. A be
found guilty of the prejudice of pimping and aiding and
abetting in assault and battery and be sentenced to an
actual prison term of 24 (twenty-four) months and an
actual fine of CFA F 500,000 (five hundred thousand);
requested for the Accused B.S and U.R to be relieved of
the charges aiding and abetting in pimping for the benefit
of doubt, but instead maintained the charges of aiding and
abetting in assault and battery and requested a suspended
sentence of 18 (eighteen) months’ imprisonment and a
CFA F 300,000 (three hundred thousand) fine;
The lawyer of B.S and U.R, expounding on the fact
that they concurred to the charges of aiding and abetting in
assault and battery, requested the court’s clemency
towards his clients.
Taking the floor in last position, each of the Accused
sought the court’s clemency one after the other;
II-
PROCEDURE
1) Prosecution
A- Guilt of A. A
a) Facts of pimping
Whereas pursuant to article 533(22) of the Penal
Code, pimping is characterized by anyone, by any means
whatsoever aiding, abetting or hiding someone else’s
prostitution, drawing profit from someone’s prostitution,
sharing products thereof or receiving financial gains from
someone usually indulging in prostitution, employing,
training, or abducting someone into becoming a sex
worker or mounting pressure on her to become and keep
on being a sex worker; that pursuant to this article, just
part of the above-mentioned actions are needed for
pimping to be characterized as an offence; that just one of
them is needed to characterize the offence;
Whereas in the case at hand, A. A is charged
with pimping; that she denies the facts levied against her,
that living with Ijoy Manboy, she knew the latter was a
sex worker; that besides she is the one who made
arrangements for Ijoy Manboy to get a spot for her