providing them with shelter and giving them condoms and gels which they used for prostitution; In response to the statement of the Accused during the hearing, Ossia Blessing, Djon Sofia, Sunday Precious and Kate Osunbor repeated exactly what they had said during the preliminary inquiry, each of them insisting on the fact that the Accused told them they would come to Ouahigouya to work in a shop, but upon their arrival, she subjected them to prostitution and collected all the proceeds thereof; that she also locked them up in the house each time she went out, to prevent them from escaping; When recognized to lay any eventual claim; O. B, D. S, S. P and K. O declared not to claim damages parallel to prosecution; The Legal Department, after summarizing the facts, requested the Accused be charged with the prejudice of pimping and sentenced to an actual prison term of 60 (sixty) months with a fine of CFA F 3,000,000 (three million); The lawyer of the Accused, in his argument, pointed out, that to err is human; that the Accused was herself once a victim of this practice; that she got to Ouahigouya through a middleman for whom she had to become a sex worker for years before being free; that this created in her the inability to distinguish between good and evil; that verily, the Accused is a first-time offender; that with respect to her painful past, he implored the court’s clemency and pleaded for a suspended sentence in her favour; The Accused received the floor in the last position; II-PROCEDURE A- PROSECUTION 1- Guilt of the Accused Whereas O. I is charged with pimping on O. B, D. S, S. P and K. O; 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 some usually indulging in prostitution