During the appeal, the State Counsel of Faso stated that he had
summoned the aforementioned accused to appear before the
Juvenile Court Judge at today's hearing to defend themselves on
account of the above-mentioned prejudice;
And the accused was questioned;
The submissions of the Legal Department were heard;
The accused made his arguments to defend himself;
Having received the floor in last position, the accused asked for the
clemency of the court;
The Court Registrar recorded the responses of the accused;
On this, the proceedings having ended, the Juvenile Judge ruled as
follows:
THE JUVENILE JUDGE;
Considering the documents in the file;
Having heard the answers of the accused;
Having heard the submissions of the Legal Department;
Having heard the arguments made by the accused to defend
himself;
FACTS
On April 5, 2017, elements of the Anti-Crime Brigade of BoboDioulasso drove and placed at the disposal of the Regional Brigade
and Child Protection of the Hauts-Bassins S.I. for assault and battery
exercised against B.D. and O.K;
When questioned, B.D. declared that on April 4, 2017, she had
been subjected to assault and battery by S.I; she explained that on
that day, she and her friend O.K. met a second-hand goods vendor
on the road; that she asked him for the price of a t-shirt; that as she
did not have the sum requested by the vendor, the latter reproached
her for having wasted his time; that after the seller's departure, S. Iinstead of the seller-insulted her and her friend girl, she retaliated
with the same insults, S.I hit her and her friend girl, she fell down
and lost consciousness momentarily and was taken to a health
centre;
When questioned, O.K. also stated that on the day of the events,
she and her friend girl B.D. met with a second-hand shop salesman
and asked him for the price of a T-shirt; that they had not agreed on
the sale price and the salesman left angry, saying that they had taken
up too much of his time; that S. I. who was in a tricycle with another
young person, got off and told them that if he had been in the seller's
place, he would have hit them; that she apologized to him; that,
however, he kicked her on her left side and she momentarily fainted
and was taken to a health centre;
When questioned about the acts, the accused readily
acknowledged them; he explained that on April 4, 2017, he went to
the city's large market with his tricycle to look for customers; that as
he approached the market, he found two unknown women who were
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