SUSPECTS CAUGHT RED-HANDED
Hearing in correctional matters of 13 December 2019
Dakar Court of Appeal
High Court of PikineGuediawaye
No of the public
prosecution:
No of the judgment:
31.12.19
Public Prosecutor
And
……… PC (CP)
Custodian
Me…..
Me…..
…. PC (NC)
Versus
…….
…Counsel
….Counsel
Type of the offence
Rape and pedophilia
At the ordinary public hearing of the High Court of PikineGuediawaye of 13 December 2019 held in correctional
matters by Mr…, President, Mr… and Mr …, sitting judges
and members, in the presence of Madam. …, Deputy
Public Prosecutor and Maître…, Registrar, was rendered
the judgment with following content:
Between:
The Public Prosecutor, plaintiff, based on the interrogation
statement of a suspect caught red-handed of 25.11.2019;
ON THE ONE HAND
Versus
…born 19.10.1987 in Pikine of … and …domiciled at Golf
Sud; suspect of rape and pedophilia, assisted by Me…
and…., counsels;
Detained on detention warrant of 04.07.2018;
Present at the public hearing and assisted by Me…,
counsel;
ON THE OTHER HAND
Summoned at the hearing of the day in accordance with
article 384 of the Criminal procedure Code, the suspect
stated that he wanted to be tried immediately and the case
was argued;
The President read out the written submissions of the
prosecutor filed in Court and interrogated the suspect;
The public Prosecutor asked the court to sentence the
suspect to 2 years of imprisonment;
When interrogated, the suspect made his submissions;
The Registrar took note of the answers of the suspects;
The debates were closed for deliberation;
After its deliberations in accordance with the law, the court
made the decision in following terms: