punishment and reparation of violence against women and
girls, and the support for victims;
Having regard to the Supplementary indictment of the State
Counsel of Faso at the High Court of Koupèla, dated 20
February 2017, for the prosecution of the case;
Having regard to the documents in the information case
against DIESSONGO Adama;
Having regard to the oral submissions of the Legal
Department
I- FACTS
On ... April ... T.R lodged a complaint with the Koupèla
territorial gendarmerie brigade against D.A for rape
committed in his home against his wife's niece S.D, a minor
girl aged 16 (sixteen) years old; he added that S.D had
become pregnant after the commission of the rape and the
author had tried to terminate the pregnancy by giving S.D a
product for this purpose; He explained that D.A had used
tricks to repeat the offence by suggesting abortion to the girl,
while indicating that the product was effective when taken
immediately after sexual intercourse; he went on to point out
that all these events had taken place without his knowledge
and that he had only learned of these events almost 25
(twenty-five) weeks after the commission of the acts;
Upon receipt of this complaint, the aforementioned unit
opened an investigation and heard the accused explain that
he is a dealer and that he went to TR's home to buy eggs; that
it was there that he met his victim; that one day he went back
there to stock up on eggs and that upon his arrival, he made
jokes with his victim, who let herself go and he ended up
sleeping with her; He explained that the sexual act had taken
place at Mr T's home and more precisely on the couch in the
living room; he went on to say that his victim had consented
and that the sexual intercourse had been carried out without
protection; he also stated that this was not his first sexual
intercourse because he had performed the said intercourse
five or six times with his victim;
That 1 (one) month after the sexual act, his victim informed
him that she had not seen her menstrual cycle and that she
did not desire the pregnancy; That this is how he gave her a
"paracetamol" tablet and invited her to insert it into her
genitals and to wait for two to three days after which she
would see a liquid dripping from her genitals; The next day,
he went to Ghana and from there he called one of his friends
named K to ask him to give the sum of one thousand five
(1500) francs to S.D so that she could take the pregnancy
test; On his return from Ghana, he phoned his victim, who
told him that she did not take the pregnancy test; That he
succeeded in convincing her to take the pregnancy test,
which was positive, and his victim invited him to come to
her house to inform T.R; That he went to the house and a