for theft of cash amounting to CFAF 47,000 (forty-seven
thousand), invasion of residence, destruction of private property and death
threats;
In her statement, she explained that, she is a mother of a 7 (Seven) month-old
baby she had with S.A.A as a result of their cohabitation;
that on 3 January 2020, following a misunderstanding with her partner on some
dirty clothes, he chased after her in the room, slapping her, and she fell with her
baby; that he assaulted her with his belt; that she survived thanks to the
intervention of her brother’s wife who had been alerted by her housemaid; that
he went further to expel her from his house without giving her time to take her
belongings; that she came back in the evening, using a spare key, to get few
dresses; that 3 (three) days after the fight, S.A.A arrived
her brother’s house, where she had found refuge, at about 4 a.m., under the
pretext of wanting to see the baby, forcing open the window shutters to get into
the house and collect the baby, after having been denied access through the door;
that later, her partner’s mother brought the baby back to her; that on 13 January
2020, he came again at about 1 a.m. for the same reason, but this time forcing the
door to her brother’s house, where she had found refuge; that she gave him the
baby to avoid the worst from happening, but his mother still brought the baby
back to her the next morning; she added that by the time she was leaving her
partner’s house, she left a coffer containing the sum of CFAF 47,000
(forty-seven thousand) under the bed; that when she returned there to collect it,
she found the coffer broken, and emptied of its content;
Whereas B.O declared that S.A.A had
intruded two times, specifically on 12 January at 4 a.m. and 13 January at 1 a.m.
to take his child, while threatening B.B; that the first time
he forced his window to get in; that the second time, he tried forcing the door
open by hitting it and shouting, and that on both occasions, he was compelled to
give him the baby; considering that DIARRY Kadidja declared that on 12 and 13
January at about 4 a.m. and 1 a.m. respectively, her son S.A.A
came and handed her his child, claiming that he and the child’s mother had
fought; that on both occasions, she returned the child to its mother the following
morning;
When interrogated on the acts of which he is accused, S.A.A
declared that due to her failure to comply with his instructions regarding
washing of his clothes, he slapped and expelled his concubine from his house;
that he acknowledged having gone to his concubine’s brother’s house twice,
forcing the window shutters the first time in order to enter the house; that the
second time, he had started forcing the door open by removing the shutters; that
he did not complete his action because his concubine’s brother opened the door
and gave him his child; he affirmed that he had acted under the influence of
alcohol and that he regretted his act;
That he acknowledged having assaulted his concubine at least 5 (five) times
during their cohabitation; that regarding the alleged theft, he had been informed
about it by his mother and his friends, but he does not admit having committed it,
given he did not see the coffer in question;