COURT OF APPEAL
OF OUAGADOUGOU
HIGH COURT
OF
OUAHIGOUYA
Judgement No. 13
of 22/1/2020
Suit No. 076/2019
Legal Department
BETWEEN
The Legal Department
AND P.S.M,
assisted by the Law
Firm of OUEDRAOGO
Oumarou
Civil Party: D.L, assisted
by the Law Firm of
BAADHIO
Type of offence
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BURKINA FASO
Unity-Progress- Justice
HEARING OF 22 JANUARY 2020 ON MISDEMEANOUR MATTERS
The Ouahigouya High Court (Burkina Faso), ruling in
misdemeanour matters, sitting in its open ordinary court session of
twenty two January two thousand and twenty (22/1/2020), in the
court of the said town, in which was sitting Mrs MINOUNGOU W.
Pauline, Judge at the said Court;
Flanked by OUEDRAOGO Ismaël, YERBANGA D. Maurice, and
BELEM Ousmane, All Judicial Assessors;
President
In the presence of Mr KABORE Lamine, Deputy of the
Legal Department
With the assistance of Barrister WOUANGRAWA Lassina,
The State Counsel of Faso at the said Court
Registrar at the said Court;
Court Registrar
And Mr DIALLO Idrissa, Sworn Interpreter;
Interpreter
Delivered the following judgement in a suit:
BETWEEN
The State Counsel of Faso, prosecutor in a direct summons
proceeding;
On the one hand;
Sexual harassment
Decision
(See verdict)
Court Composition
President:
VJNOUNGOU W.
P
AND
P.S.M, born on 8 May 1970 in Ouahigouya, of late PORGHO Tolla
and OUEDRAOGO Fati, Teacher of Burkinabe nationality, domiciled
in sector No.2 of Ouahigouya, living in cohabitation and father
of 5 (five) children, who declares to have never been convicted, given
an award or recruited in 1987;
Accused to have, in Ouahigouya, in 2017, less than 3
(three) years ago, sexually harassed D.L, repeatedly, through
utterances or conduct of sexual nature, as it is by demanding her
to touch him, caress his genitals and force her to have sex to
guarantee the renewal of her employment contract, thereby damaging
her dignity due to their degrading and humiliating nature, and
creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive situation against her;
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