Judgement No. 046/19
of 17/07/2019
Legal Department No.
028/19
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Vs:
S. N
Type of the offence
Death threats
HIGH COURT
OF KONGOUSSI
HEARING OF JULY 17, 2019, ON DIRECT
SUMMONS
At the public hearing of the Kongoussi High Court (Burkina Faso), sitting
in the ordinary courtroom of the courthouse of the said city on the
seventeen of July two thousand and nineteen, on misdemeanour matters
in which were present: Mr Salifou TIENDREBEOGO, President of the
said Court;
PRESIDENT:
Assisted by Me Rasmata SAWADOGO, Court Registrar-in-Chief,
Registrar-in-Chief, acting as Court Registrar
COURT REGISTRAR
Mr Wendyam Lambert SANFO, State Counsel at the said court of
Faso,
And Diallo Abdoulaye, Legal Interpreter;
The following judgement was delivered as follows:
Decision
SEE VERDICT
BETWEEN
1- The. State Counsel of Faso, petitioner under the direct summons
President: T.S.
Court Registrar: S.R.
procedure;
2- OUEDAOGO Fatimata Joséphine, born on 31 December 1992 in
Ranga/Kongoussi, a housewife of Burkinabe nationality living in
sector 04 of the city of Kongoussi;
Appearing victim,
LD: S.W.L.
Interp. D.A.
ON THE ONE HAND
AND
S. N, born on January 1, 1974, in Kongoussi, of
SAWADOGO Hyppolite and OUEDRAOGO Alphonsine, of Burkinabe
nationality, domiciled in Kongoussi, married and father of seven children,
who declares to have never been convicted, recruited, or given an award;
Accused of uttering death threats;
Acts provided for and punished by article 521-4 of the Penal Code;
ON THE OTHER HAND
During the appeal, the President verified the identity of the accused and
gave notice of the act referring the case to the Court;
The answers of the accused were heard;
The victim as plaintiff, made her statements and did not file a civil claim;
The oral submissions of the Legal Department were heard;