The trial of the Franco-Algerian Brahim Bouhlel opens this Wednesday in Morocco. He and the Franco-Moroccan snapchatter Zbarbooking were detained for their involvement in the sexist and insulting video case. Along with the Franco-Algerian actor Hedi Benchenafa, they had made degrading remarks about Moroccan women and children in the kingdom.
The provincial court of Lanzarote acquitted the Moroccan Abdellatif Bourbaa, accused of having hidden a boat that arrived in Lanzarote with 11 migrants, one of whom died by drowning, and a cargo of 21.7 kilos of hashish, for lack of evidence.
Two doctors and 13 other defendants including nurses, were given suspended sentences by the court of first instance in Marrakech in the case of the clandestine abortion network, whose trial has been open on appeal since last Tuesday.
The Tangier Court of Appeal confirmed, this Wednesday, April 7, the death sentence that had been handed down at first instance against the man who coldly murdered Adnane B., an 11-year-old child. The case had caused an immense wave of emotion, anger and indignation throughout the country.
Barely opened, the Casablanca Court of Appeal suspended and postponed to April 27 the trial of journalist Omar Radi prosecuted for "rape" and espionage, and in prison since late July 2020.
An investigation has been opened at the request of the public prosecutor’s office following the dissemination of a video attributing "illegal behavior" to members of the Justice and the Royal Gendarmerie in Meknes.
Souleiman Raissouni, editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, who is being prosecuted for "rape" of a young man and his "kidnapping", will remain in detention. This is the decision of the criminal chamber of the court of first instance near the court of appeal of Casablanca, which refused to grant him provisional release.
The trial on the shooting that occurred in 2017 at the "la Crème" café has been postponed to May 18 by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Marrakech. In this murder case, two Dutch nationals were sentenced to death in the first instance.
The 26 people prosecuted for violating the state of health emergency and setting up an unauthorized gambling venue in the case of the clandestine casino in Marrakech will have to wait again before knowing their fate. The court of first instance of the city has decided to give the lawyers time to prepare the defense of their clients.
The trial relating to the "sexual assault" involving the journalist Soulaimane Raissouni opened on Tuesday. For the third time, the Court of Appeal of Casablanca postponed it to the hearing of April 15, said Me Mohamed Sadqo, the lawyer for the defense, to AFP.
Things are getting complicated for the mayor of Marrakech, Larbi Belcaid and his deputy Younes Benslimane, both prosecuted for misappropriation of public funds and signing of direct contracts in the context of COP 22. At the hearing on March 26, the criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of the ochre city decided to postpone the trial and summon all the parties concerned.
Yasmina, 37, had the misfortune of crossing the path of Ludovic L., a man who made her life a living hell before murdering her and throwing her body in a trash can in Paris in July 2017. The man’s trial is ongoing.