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BOUAKE COURT OF APPEAL
1st CORRECTIONAL CHAMBER
JUDGMENT No 35/2014 OF 28 JANUARY 2014
Office of the Public Prosecutor
Versus
C.Y
Indecent assault - Offence against morality - Indecent assault on a 4-year-old
minor with violence - Serious facts (yes) - Confirmation of the judgment.
The accused must be dismissed from his ill-founded appeal and the
impugned judgment must be confirmed, since it emerges from the accused's
own statements that he abused his minor victim aged 4 years after having
threatened her with death in case she would dare to denounce him.
THE COURT
Considering the judgment n ° 323/2013 of the Correctional Court of BOUAKE
dated May 22, 2013 ruling in the case Public Prosecution against C Y;
Considering the appeal against the said judgment by the accused according to
the registry document dated May 24, 2013 under number 163/2013;
That Mr. FADIKA AMARA in his report;
That Lawyer General in his requests;
Considering the documents of the file;
After having deliberated in accordance with the law;
FACTS, PROCEDURE AND CLAIMS OF THE PARTIES
IN THE FORM
By letter dated May 22, 2013 recorded by the registry under n ° 163/2013, the
accused appealed against judgment n ° 323/2013 rendered on May 22, 2013
by the Court of First Instance of BOUAKE which, in the case, ruled as follows:
Ruling publicly, after trial, in correctional matters and in first instance;
Declares the accused guilty of the facts charged to him;
In repression, sentences him to ten years of imprisonment and a fine of two
million francs;
Declares admissible and well founded the civil party action of Diakite Ami in the
name and on behalf of his minor daughter;