2. The d e cisio n of the low er court w as a g a in st the w e ig h t of
e v id e n c e .
3. There w as no co rro b o ra te d e v id e n c e of in d e c e n t assault or
rap e .
THE LAW AND EVIDENCE
The p ro secution h a d to prove strictly that there w as
penetration h o w e ve r slight it w as. A c c o rd in g to the e v id e n c e of the
m e d ica l professional there w ere no sores or laceratio ns. The
m e d ica l report d o es not sa y that there w as no penetration.
W hether there w a s penetration or not is a m atter to b e d eterm in ed
b y the co u rt b y looking a t the totality of e v id e n c e a n d a p p ly in g the
law to the e v id e n c e , a n d not by the clin ician. The victim child said
that A p p lic a n t took his penis a n d entered it into her v a g in a , a n d
that she pulled the penis out w hen she felt pains.
In her testim ony, the m other of the victim child told the court
that A p p e lla n t later told them that he really w as h a v in g sex but he
did not c o m e to finish his desire; a n d that the victim girl e xp la in e d
thoroughly that he took his penis a n d entered it into her v a g in a . The
testim ony of the m other is co rro b o rative e n o u g h .
The in cid e n t o c c u rre d on the 21st Ju n e, 2017 w hile the m e d ic a l
e xam in atio n took p la c e on the follow ing d a y . The clin icia n testified
that the parents re v e a le d that the vu lva w a s o p e n after the
defilem ent, w h ich m e a n t that the m an fo rce d him self but failed to
p e n e trate d u e to the d istu rb an ce b y the boys. The m e d ic a l report
c o n c lu d e d that history is m ore su ggestive of defilem ent. The law is
c le a r that it is not n e ce ssa ry that sem en b e d e p o site d in the v a g in a .
The m atter w a s rep o rted to the father of the victim girl on the sam e
d a y a n d not too late.
The victim said that she felt p ain as he en tered her. A lth o u gh
he m ight h a v e failed to p en etrate her successfully, he s u c c e e d e d
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