over the girl. The later arrival of an envoy of the father of the girl will not change in the position of Djibril and his parents. Notably, his father Aguélou asked Halimatou’s mother and uncle to return to their village, and the next day he will send their daughter to them. Nothing helped. Halimatou Bamadio stayed for three nights and four days at the home of Alphagalo. During those nights, she suffered sexual assaults by Djibril, aided by Aly who held down her feet. Faced with this situation, Mediou Bamadio seized the Gendarmerie, and it was upon receipt of a summons by this authority that the Alphagalos released Halimatou Bamadio, who ran home to her family. She was presented by her father to the Gendarmerie, and the abductors were taken in for questioning. During preliminary investigation as well as judicial inquiry, the accused persons admitted to acts of abduction, rape, false confinement and complicity of which they are accused; Criminal record Bulletins No. 2 do not carry any prior criminal conviction. Information collected about the accused persons on their morality is favourable. The legal expert reports conclusively attest to their full criminal liability. Whereas it is undisputed as well as clear from the procedural documents that on the 14th of March 2005, Halimatou Bamadio, while in the bush with and under the authority of her mother, was abducted, by means of violence and threats, by Djibril and Aly Alphagalo; that she was taken against her will to the home of Aguélou Alphagalo, father of Djibril who, instead of handing the girl over to her parents who came looking for her, rather refused to hand her over, thereby offering a place of detention; that during the three days and four nights in abduction, Halimatou Bamadio suffered, still against her will, sexual assaults by Djibril Alphagalo; that the latter was aided by his friend Aly Alphagalo who held down the feet of Halimatou, allowing Djibril to carry out his acts; that moreover, Aguélou Alphagalo, who knowingly offered the place for this confinement, could not claim ignorance of the fact that his son engaged sexual relations with the girl Halimatou Bamadio.