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Patrick Laurent Yanémo, aged 45, is sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for raping two minors under the age of ten.

Hearings are continuing at the Bangui Criminal Court. On May 12, 2022, Patrick-Laurent Yanémo was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. He is accused of having committed a crime of rape on two little girls under the age of ten. The crime is punished by article 87 of the penal code. With regard to public interests, the Court receives from Dame Nganafio in her civil action, the said Court therefore condemned Patrick-Laurent Yanémo to pay her the sum of 10,000,000 (ten million) CFA francs as interest DAMMAGE. The civil party is represented by the 1is Advocate General Benoit Nicaise Foukpio, who in his indictment asked the Court to apply the sentence of 20 years of forced labor to the accused Yanémo Patrick Laurent. Counsel for the accused is provided by Mr. Albert Panda, in his pleadings, wished the Court to alleviate his client’s sentence. The President of the Court informed counsel for the accused that he has three clear days to appeal to the Supreme Court, can we read on ACAP.

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