arrested the Accused; in his statement, Belem
Amadé, tailor by profession and father of the
victim stated that he was working in Titao on that
day; that he was informed about the incident by
an acquaintance and the head of the Koglweogo
vigilante group of their village; that when he got
to the village he found two Fulani who had been
arrested by members of the Koglweogo vigilante
group as being the ones who had assaulted his
daughter; that they brought them to the Titao
Gendarmerie together;
Whereas Tall Adama states that on 18 January
2020, he took his parents’ herd to water the
animals; that he found Tall Aliou there who then
asked for help in finding his missing goats in the
bushes; that he was walking behind him and on
their way they came across a girl and a boy; that
his mate told him he was going to stop them; that
the girl who had heard him says that dropped the
bag she was carrying and started running; that
Aliou was telling her not to run away for he
meant no harm; that at this point in time he sat
aside and started staring at them; that the girl,
obviously not feeling safe about what Tall Aliou
had said, began running away; that Tall Aliou
started chasing her; that since he realised he could
not stop him, he turned back to his herd: that on
his way back he could hear the girl screaming
while running away; that the Koglweogo came to
his house to lead him to the Titao Gendarmerie;
After his arrest, Tall Aliou acknowledged
the crime he was accused of once again; he stated
that he pursued the girl; that after catching her, he
forced her into the bushes, that the idea to have
sexual intercourse with the girl just pop-up at that
exact moment; that he lose control and forced her
to have sexual intercourse with him; that she
fought him in the beginning but finally gave-in;
that he was in the bushes when the Koglweogo
came to fish him out and took him to the Titao
Gendarmerie;
Tall Aliou appeared before the Legal
Department where he was interviewed and
acknowledged the charges reiterating his
confessional statement during preliminary
inquiries; the State Counsel of Faso pressed
charges against him in flagrante delicto procedure
based on article 533(10) and (11) of the Penal
Code and brought him to the dock in a criminal
matter at the said court; once at the said dock, the