JUVENILE COURT OF OUAGADOUGOU ******** OFFICE OF THE JUVENILE JUDGE OF OUAHIGOUYA ******** Judgement No. 026/17 of 21/11/2017 Legal department No. 25/2014 Public Prosecution v. D.I. TYPE OF THE OFFENCE Manslaughter PROVISIONAL CUSTODY ORDER of 27/01/2014 PROVISIONAL RELEASE of 27/06/2014 DECISION OF JUDGE (See verdict) PANEL President: W. Pauline MINOUNGOU Legal Department: B. Simon GNANOU Court Registrar: Marcel OUANGO BURKINA FASO ******** Unity - Progress – Justice ******** Hearing of November 21, 2017, on criminal matters The Juvenile Judge of Ouahigouya ruling in a criminal suit during ordinary hearing on the twenty-first of November two thousand and seventeen, held at the courthouse of the said city in which Mrs. W. Pauline MINOUNGOU, Judge at the said court and acting as interim Juvenile Judge; President Mr B. Simon GNANOU, State Counsel of Faso, representing the Legal Department; LEGAL DEPARTMENT Assisted by Barrister Marcel OUANGO, acting as Court Registrar; Court Registrar And Mr. Idrissa DIALLO, Sworn Interpreter; Interpreter The following judgement was delivered: BETWEEN The State Counsel of Faso, petitioner following a referral order from the Juvenile Judge; ON THE ONE HAND AND D.I., born on January 1, 2000, in Sata/Koumbri, son of D.S. and D.A., aged 17, a Burkinabe shepherd, living in Sata in a free union and without children, who declares to have never been convicted, recruited or given an award; Accused of unintentionally causing the death of D. Salimata in Sata, during the night of 25 to 26 January 2014, a period of time not covered by the regulation, by clumsiness, imprudence, inattention, negligence or failure to observe the regulations, in this case by extending his leg at the entrance of the kitchen door to prevent her from fleeing; Acts provided for and punished by article 353 of the Penal Code; ON THE OTHER HAND Initially scheduled for the hearing of October 3, 2017, the case was postponed until November 21, 2017, the date on which the file was retained and examined;