After twelve years spent in prison in Morocco, Ali Aarrass, a 59-year-old Belgian-Moroccan, now free to move around, talks about this difficult period of his life. He mentions episodes of torture in Moroccan prisons.
Two young Lotois, one of whom is originally from Morocco , suspected of the murder of a 37-year-old former drug addict in June 2016 in Sainte-Valérie, appeared on Monday, March 22, before the Lot Assize Court in Cahors. The verdict is expected on Friday, March 26.
While they had declared themselves to be adults, two Moroccan illegal immigrants gave a different date of birth when they appeared before the Perpignan court on Monday, March 22. In search of a mitigating circumstance, they wanted to be tried by a juvenile court.
Three civil servants and two other people were sentenced by the Marrakech court to prison terms ranging from six months to one year, accompanied by a fine of 1,000 to 40,000 dirhams. They are involved in the theft of more than 260 smartphones, stolen from the exhibits and seized items department of the Benguerir court.
The trial of the fake beggar who recently appeared in a video on board a luxury car in the capital of Souss has once again been postponed. This adjournment, which is the third, is scheduled for March 25.
The police arrested a very active scammer in the city of Guercif and its surroundings. He had victimized several people to whom he made sign mortgages on apartments of which he is not the owner. His trial is ongoing.
Actress Najat El Ouafi and director Saïd Khallaf were cleared of all suspicion by the court of first instance in Casablanca. As early as September 2019, the actress had been acquitted of the charge of adultery brought against her by her husband.
After 12 years of legal proceedings, the Brissot affair, one of the most famous cases of land spoliation in Morocco, came to an end at the beginning of March. The main defendants, namely the villa’s caretaker and the unscrupulous developer as well as their accomplices, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to 12 years and a fine of two million DH.
The trial of the owner of the AM Fashion factory in which 28 workers died opened this Wednesday, March 10 in Tanger and was postponed to March 24. The first person to appear, the defendant requested a postponement of the hearing for health reasons.
The tragic death of 28 workers on February 8 following the flooding of a clandestine workshop in Tanger will remain in everyone’s memory. The opening of the trial of the owner of the factory, the main defendant in the case, took place on Tuesday at the court of first instance.
Incarcerated for nearly a year in the Hamza mon Bb case, Ibtissam Dounia will be released from prison on March 13 after serving her entire sentence. In an interview, Dounia Batma, her sister, talks in tears about this difficult separation.
Prosecuted for corruption and embezzlement, a former parliamentarian was sentenced to 9 years in prison, accompanied by a fine of 500,000 dirhams and the confiscation of his assets. His accomplices were also sentenced to heavy prison terms and heavy fines.