prostitution; that in addition, she acknowledged to have
sheltered Ijoy Manboy and some other girls to help them
carry on with their prostitution; that by so doing the
Accused aided, abetted or hid the prostitution of Ijoy
Manboy; that above all, the Accused asserted that the
victim contributed to the daily household expenditures
with money from prostitution; that they even organized a
janghi with fellow sex workers; that by so doing the
accused drew benefits from the victim’s prostitution; that
it would be proper to maintain the prejudice of pimping
against her and consequently find her guilty;
b) Facts of assault and battery
Whereas pursuant to article 512(18) of the Penal
Code, is guilty of assault and battery; whosoever
voluntarily injures, assaults, or commits any other form of
violent act or aggression against someone, which causes
illness or total disability of more than 7 (seven) days, but
less than 21 (twenty-one) days;
That for the offence to be characterized, material
action analysed in the form of assault or battery or any
other form of aggression against a living person, with the
intention to harm them and cause consecutive damage
leading to a disability of 7 (seven) days but less than 21
(twenty-one) days;
Whereas in the case at hand, A. A is sued on
grounds of assault and battery against Ijoy Manboy; that
she is accused of pouring hot water on the back of the
victim, causing scalds thereto; that she denies these facts
by arguing that she inadvertently poured boiling water on
the back of the victim; that she had poured the boiling
water in a rubber container to take it out of the house;
Whereas, in the meantime, the statements of the
Accused lacked consistency; that she first asserted that she
wanted to cook rice with boiling water; that it seems
unusual for someone to boil water to the right temperature
to cook rice as the Accused did, and pours it in a container
to take it out of the kitchen; that the accused asserts she
stumbled; that in her fall, the water did not only wet the
back of the victim; that a large portion thereof also went
on her body although during trial it was proven that she
was not scalded by that boiling water; that finally, the
Accused explains that she poured the boiling water on the
victim as a result of her fall, that no scalds were found on
the forearms of the Accused; that, moreover, the victim