Responsible for the swimming pools at the Riu Baobab hotel in Pointe Sarene, Ng. Faye was tried before the Mbour High Court, this Tuesday, November 26, 2024. He is being prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter, for the death of a two and a half year old child, in one of the swimming pools at the reception.
At the bar, the defendant proclaimed his innocence. The prosecutor requested the application of the law. The court granted provisional release to the accused and set the verdict for December 3.
The facts date back to Saturday November 9, according to “L’Observateur”, taken up by “Seneweb”. That day, rewinds the daily newspaper of the Future Media Group (Gfm), T. Mbodji and his wife, having arrived the day before in Riu Baobab to spend the weekend, visited the family of the former’s sister in Nianing. Returning to the hotel, the couple is accompanied by the husband’s three nephews. He wanted to give them a swim in the pool.
“Once there, T. Mbodji and A. Bâ noticed that the swimming pool reserved for children was closed. The reason is that one of the pool attendants, also responsible for monitoring the premises, had been absent since the morning, for health reasons.», reports “L’Observateur”. The couple takes the children to the adult swimming pool, according to the same source.
While the husband was on the phone and the wife went to get drinks, the youngest boy freed himself from his brothers and found himself in the water, according to the story in the Gfm newspaper. Who emphasizes that the child “will be discovered late by adults, at the bottom of the pool».
The victim’s name is AA Pouye. Informed of the tragedy, his parents deployed to the scene. Alerted, the Nianing gendarmerie carried out the usual reports and arrested Ng. Faye, swimming pool manager.
Facing the judge, reports “L’Observateur”, the latter declared having learned the bad news at 6:30 p.m., when he had left the hotel. He added that before his departure, at 3:30 p.m., he reminded the members of his team of the instructions and that a little earlier, in the morning, he informed the reception administration of the absence of a of its elements; which probably led to the closure of the children’s pool, which he was in charge of. For his lawyer, the Mbodji couple would be the only ones responsible for the death of AA Pouye.
Ng. Faye was in custody until her trial. He benefited from provisional release, while waiting to be definitively determined on his fate in less than a week.
