DAKAR COURT OF APPEAL
HIGH COURT
PIKINE-GUEDIAWAYE
REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
One People-One Goal-One Faith
Prosecution No:
Registry No:
Of 03.04.18
IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO
The Prosecutor
Hearing of 03 April 2018
Versus
In the Name of the People of Senegal
…..
D.W. of…
Nature of offence
At the public and ordinary hearing of the Pikine Guediawaye High Court on
03 April 2018 held on criminal matters by Mr …, President, Mr … and Mr …,
judges at the seat of the Court - Members, in the presence of Ms …,
representing the Prosecutor and with the assistance of Maître …, Registrar, the
following judgment was passed:
Rape, Pedophilia, Attempted Rape
Between:
President:…
Members:…
The Prosecutor, Applicant following the minutes of interrogation for the
flagrante delicto case No… dated March 9, 2018;
On the one hand
And:
… on behalf of …and …, assisted by Barrister
The Prosecutor:…
On the other hand
The Registrar:…
Questioned at the hearing of 20 March 20218, in conformity with article 384
of the Criminal Procedure Code, the accused declared that he wanted to be
judged in the presence of his lawyer, and the case was adjourned to 27 March
2018;
The President read the seizure brief and examined the accused;
After summarizing the case, the prosecutor requested for the accused to be
sentenced to ten (10 years' imprisonment;
The accused presented his defense;
The defense counsel in his pleadings requested for acquittal on the benefit if
doubt;
The Registrar took note of the statements of the accused and the pleadings of
the defense counsel;
The deliberations were then declared closed and the case adjourned to March
30, 2018, and later to April 3, 2018;
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