The person named A. O, knowledgeable gold miner, was sentenced by the prison court docket to 24 months in jail and a fantastic of two million CFA francs, in whole, on July 8, 2024. He was discovered responsible of getting threatened to kill his father-in-law with a gun.
The occasions passed off in a small city round Bobo-Dioulasso. That day, April 19, 2024, A. O took a 12-gauge searching rifle belonging to his grandfather, an automated pistol and a hammer to go to his father-in-law’s house. His goal was to convey again his spouse by power. When he arrived, he entered the courtyard after which threatened to kill his spouse’s father if the latter didn’t enable him to depart together with his daughter. That is how the sufferer filed a grievance in opposition to him and the gendarmerie arrested him and took him to the Faso prosecutor on the Bobo-Dioulasso excessive court docket. It was after this that he was deposited on the Bobo-Dioulasso Detention and Correctional Middle.
On the bar, on Monday July 8, 2024, the defendant didn’t admit the details. He advised the court docket “I went to my father-in-law’s home, however not with a gun. It was extra of a hammer and a stick that I used to be holding. Once I acquired to the backyard, I greeted him and he began threatening me. I solely wished to take my spouse who had gone again to her dad and mom.”
A number of witnesses stated that the girl lived with A. O for 3 years, however the couple had issue conceiving. That is the place the girl’s father took her house to resolve the issue. After the deliberations, the prosecutor believes that the accused is responsible of the acts with which he’s accused and asks the court docket to condemn him to 12 months in jail, of which 6 months the suspension, and a fantastic of 500,000 CFA francs, suspended.
The court docket sentenced him to 24 months in jail and a fantastic of two million CFA francs, all suspended. After giving the decision, the judges warned A. O about any doable hazard in opposition to his father-in-law. And to say that we aren’t on the lookout for a girl by way of violence, however by way of negotiation.
