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New rebound in Senegal within the case of “Doudou Faye” which had aroused a wave of feelings within the nation. The younger teenager who dreamed of changing into a soccer participant had died at sea whereas on a secret canoe, on his approach to Europe final autumn. Two suspects had been arrested in February and met the choose on Tuesday, April 27 throughout a courtroom listening to in Mbour, 80 kilometers south of Dakar.
as reported from Dakar, Thea Ollivier
The 2 brothers Omar and Lamine Guèye answered the questions from the choose and the prosecutor in a powerful voice. Sitting behind the bar for virtually an hour, they denied that that they had organized Doudou Fayes journey and different migrants who needed to succeed in Europe final autumn. Accused of “endangering the lives of others” and “smuggling migrants”, they threat between 2 and 10 years in jail.
Me Abdoulaye Tall, their lawyer, specifies that these alleged smugglers are merely neighbors of these accountable. It will be a mistake relating to their identification.
“We’ll exhibit and characterize their innocence, their non-interference within the information that led them to look earlier than the courtroom. They heard Doudou Faye’s identify for the primary time within the media. Higher, they don’t even know the daddy of Doudou Faye. All this speaks to slander for the defendants and we consider that these are components that communicate for a determination on launch “
Within the stands had been additionally current as witnesses household fathers – together with Doudou Fayes – who had been sentenced to 2 years in jail, together with one month in jail for placing his youngsters in a secret canoe. They had been those who had given smugglers between 400 and 600 euros to pay for the journey to Europe.
In response to the prosecutor, these testimonies contradict the feedback made throughout their trial in December final yr. The listening to has due to this fact been postponed till 4 Might.
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