​Thiès: the married man rapes the daughter of the “son” of the tenant, the victim dies before the trial 

  In 2021, to Thiès, S. Diop, a married man and father of a family, was accused of rape, pedophilia and sexual abuse by M. Koulibaly, a young girl of less than 16 years.. According to the story in L’Observateur, the alleged victim lived with her brother, a tenant of the accused, and worked as a maid. Elle a désigné S. Diop as the author of her pregnancy, claiming that he sexually assaulted her on several occasions, notably in the absence of his brother.. When the victim announced that she was pregnant, S. Diop asked her to terminate her pregnancy, which she refused. She informed her brother, who confronted the accused, and the case was brought before the police. During the investigation, the same source continues, the victim maintained her accusations, detailing how the accused forced her to have sexual intercourse, sometimes in the room or in the toilet, and that he had demanded an abortion after she had announced her pregnancy. However, according to the Groupe Futurs Médias (GFM) daily, the alleged victim died before the case reached the court, making her testimony impossible at the time of the trial. In the course of the hearing, S. Diop denied all the accusations, arguing that the young girl had first declared that the author of her pregnancy was a person living in Dakar, before reversing her words to the accuser. According to him, after his refusal to recognize the facts, she had threatened him to reveal everything to his wife and his brother had then incited him to accept the accusations. The prosecutor, having no material evidence to support the charges, demanded the acquittal of S. Diop au bénéfice du doute. What are you doing? Le juge a suivi les réquisitions du maître des poursuites, signale le titre de Gfm. 

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