the Juvenile Court Judge at today's hearing to defend himself
on account of the above-mentioned prejudice;
And the accused was questioned;
The submissions of the Legal Department were heard;
The accused made his arguments to defend himself;
He was last to speak;
The Court Registrar recorded the responses of the accused;
On this, the debates having ended, the Juvenile Judge ruled as
follows:
THE JUVENILE JUDGE;
Considering the documents in the file;
Having heard the answers of the accused;
Having heard the submissions of the Legal Department;
Having heard the arguments of the accused;
FACTS
On the night of July 11-12, 2018, O.R. accompanied by
K.S went to the Bobo-Dioulasso Gendarmerie Brigade and
filed a complaint against O.I and four other people for rape;
she declared that during the said night at around 11 p.m., she
returned home after having had a conversation with her
friend; on her way home, she was hailed by a group of young
people who had been following her for some time and who
told her to stop; that since she didn't do so, they wanted to
grab her; that she then rushed to hide; that they grabbed her
and threatened to kill her with knives if she made a noise; that
one of them closed her mouth and she couldn't breathe; that
they took her to a house where they undressed her, put her
loincloth on the floor, put her down and had sexual
intercourse with her in turns; that they even filmed it; that
when they noticed that she was bleeding from her genitals,
they ordered her to get up; that they dipped her loincloth in a
container and told her to wash it; as she did not wash it
quickly because of tiredness, they beat her up; she tried to
escape and they caught up with her in front of the door,
dragged her and beat her again before bringing her back into
the house; a rescuer then appeared and they threatened him;
the neighbours of the torturers arrived and her aggressors left
her to flee; they managed to apprehend one of them;
When questioned about the acts alleged against him, O.I., the
only one arrested, the others being still at large,
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