Accused of having fatally stabbed his cousin in Bargny, FDG Diaw appeared this Tuesday, April 15, 2025 in front of the Dakar criminal chamber. The public prosecutor has requested a 20 -year criminal penalty, believing that the facts are a voluntary homicide with premeditation.
The facts date back to March 12, 2021. That day, a violent altercation broke out between the accused and his cousin, Fatou Boye, at the family home. According to FDG Diaw’s statements (27), the argument degenerated under anger. “It’s my cousin. She insulted me. I lost control. I did not intend to kill her, “she told the bar, in tears.
However, she admits having grasped a knife placed on a table in the restaurant where they were before planting it in the belly. “If I could go back, I wouldn’t even have gone. I ask forgiveness from his family, to her children, to justice, ”she added, visibly abacted.
But for the accusation, the elements of the file point to a clear premeditation. The victim’s husband said the accused threatened his wife the day before, following a family dispute. He maintains that she had openly expressed her intention to take action.
The prosecution abounds in this direction and specifies that the crime weapon had been bought the day before in a shop in the neighborhood, then hidden under the accused’s clothes. At the time of the facts, FDG Diaw would have waited until the victim was alone, in a corridor, before bringing him a fatal blow to the abdomen, while lunch was in preparation.
The lawyer for the civil party underlined the determination of the accused, evoking three attempts stranded before acting. “This is a crime of hatred. This woman snatched a mother with four children, including a little girl under the age of two, “he denounced, while claiming 50 million CFA francs for moral damage.
The defense, represented by Me Abou Abdoul Daff, pleaded the absence of homicide will. According to him, his client acted in anger and just thought of defending himself.
The verdict is expected on May 6, 2025.
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