The trial in the “Sweet Beauty” case opened on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 before the Dakar Criminal Chamber. The prosecutor sentenced Ousmane Sonko to 10 years of criminal imprisonment and 5 years in prison for youth corruption

The prosecutor requested the recharacterization of the acts in which the Mayor of Ziguinchor is involved by charging him with “youth corruption” and then referred to the “necessary” protection of minors. He also emphasized in his lengthy indictment that “the sexual act cannot be contested and the accused refuses to submit to the DNA test.” For the prosecutor, the accuser of Ousmane Sonko “is one of the young people protected by article 324, paragraph 2, of the Criminal Code