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Senegal journalist given six months for gay sex
A court in Dakar on Friday (31 July) sentenced a well-known Senegalese journalist to six months in prison for gay sex.
Tamsir Jupiter Ndiaye was arrested in June after he was accused of attempted rape by an teenage boy.
He was cleared of two other charges of driving under the influence – in the Muslim-majority country during Ramadan – and kidnapping a minor.
The magazine columnist said he had offered the boy a lift because he was fighting with his friends.
Ndiaye said he was then pursued by a group of young men and took refuge in a police station to save himself from being lynched.
‘Those who accused me just wanted to destroy me,’ he told the judge.
‘I have other things to do than flirt with a child. These accusations have shocked me.’
‘Acts against nature’ are illegal in the West African country and punishable by up to five years prison and fines of up to $2,500.
The prosecutor had requested the maximum term.
In 2012, Ndiaye was given a four-year sentence for a previous gay sex conviction but was given a presidential pardon the following year.
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Darren Wee
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