them; That he said that T.B and her cousins did come to his home on October 20, 2013, as they used to; That they manifested the desire to eat fried bananas that had already been made by his mother; That sick, he had spent a moment with them on the terrace and left them there to go to his room; That he concluded that he was surprised the following Sunday to learn that little T.B accused him of having forced her to have sex with him; Considering that during his detention at the public prosecution, he was brought before the examining magistrate who indicted him for the acts of indecent assault consumed without violence on a minor of 07 years; That in front of this magistrate, he declared, contrary to his previous declarations, that he remained constantly on the terrace with the girls and did not return to his room until after the latter had left; For T. B. S, she did not vary in substance in her words, however, she added that it was she who had joined the accused in his room; Considering that before the court, the accused appeared at the hearing of June 11, 2014 during which it was decided on his request for provisional release; Considering that the Public Prosecution requested that the accused be declared guilty of the facts charged to him and sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment and a fine of 360,000 FCFA; THEREFORE IN THE FORM Considering that the accused appeared; that it is appropriate to rule by decision after he has been heard; ON MERITS On the offence being prosecuted Considering that the accused is being prosecuted for the acts of indecent assault consumed without violence on a 07-year-old minor; Considering that during the preliminary investigation and before the investigating magistrate, he did not accept responsibility for offense against him; Considering however, that it is established that T. B. S, aged 07 years, was the victim of sexual violence as it appears from the medical certificate of October 29, 2013 produced in the file; That it is common ground that on October 20, 2013, the day of this assault, the victim was at home and in the company of B. A; that she maintained that the latter tried on several occasions to introduce his penis into her private parts; That the defendant, who stated during the preliminary investigation that he returned to his room after spending a while on the terrace with TB and her cousins, later changed his mind to say that he was all the time with them on the terrace and did not return to his room until after their