His turbulent childhood, accompanied by questionable relationships full of legal twists and turns followed by his mother’s screams, finally got the better of him. Guy Wenslass Lembinga Boudilou is this young 32-year-old Gabonese man, who saw his sentence set at 5 years in prison for aggravated theft.
It was in 2019 near the Siby district in the 1st arrondissement of Port-Gentil that the events took place around 4 p.m. Fodye Soukouna, a 15-year-old boy, is sent by his father to deposit the sum of 160,000 FCFA. On his way, the kid is sandwiched by Guy Wenslass Lembinga Boudilou who forces him to give him the cell phone he had. Following the categorical refusal of his victim, he then takes out a knife which he points at the jugular of his prey to influence him. Mission accomplished ! The little boy simply complies and lets it happen. A submission in which the attacker took advantage of it to steal the cell phone, then the modest sum of 160,000 FCFA which was in Fodye Soukouna’s trouser pocket, before running away.
Several days later while they were sitting in their father’s brickyard, Fodye Soukouna saw his executioner and immediately called on his older brother before starting to chase the robber. The two brothers while they tried to seize the indelicate person following this chase, the latter once once more used his knife which made the Soukouna family flee. It was finally in the Massuku district that the outlaw was neutralized and then taken to the police station, where a complaint was filed by the victim’s father. Guy Wenslass Lembinga Boudilou, alias ‘Balak’, accepted the charges once morest him during the preliminary investigations before refusing to have taken the cash from his victim. Allegations that he maintained before the Criminal Court.
“I offered a barter to finally get hold of the cell phone before fleeing. I didn’t use a knife and I didn’t take his money.” defended the accused at the bar.
Comments that are not in the opinion of the victim.
“He took out his knife and pointed it at my neck. He took my phone and the money my father sent me to deposit was 160,000 FCFA”retorts Fodye Soukouna.
Reclassified as an offense of aggravated theft instead of the charge of theft with use of an apparent weapon, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison and to pay his victim the sum of 95,000 FCFA in damages. related to the reimbursement of the stolen phone. He was also ordered to pay a fine of 200,000 FCFA.
Jean Jacques Rovaria Djodji
2024-03-26 14:36:33
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