Two former players were in court on Friday. Eric Cantona is accused of defamation by the coach of the French national team, for comments implicitly accusing Didier Deschamps of racism. The reason underlying this accusation is that "DD" would not have selected Hatem Ben Arfa and Karim Benzema for Euro 2016.
The Criminal Chamber at the Casablanca Court of Appeal has just confirmed the incompetence of the investigating judge in charge of the "Bab Darna" case. It therefore inherits this file and the sentences could reach up to 20 years in prison.
The Kuwaiti ambassador to Rabat, Abdellatif al Yahya, denies any intervention by his country’s embassy in the case of the Kuwaiti, indicted for indecent assault against a girl under 14 years old. During a press conference held on Saturday, the ambassador denounces what he calls "a great dramatization of the case of the alleged pedophilia by the media".
The trial of Abderrahim El Kamil, president of the Ouahate Sidi Brahim commune, and PAM councilor in the second Chamber of Parliament, has been postponed to March 4. This was decided by the Criminal Chamber at the Marrakech Court of Appeal in charge of financial crimes.
A new conviction has just been handed down by the Marrakech court in the so-called "Hamza mon bébé" case. As for the singer Saïda Charaf, her honor has been restored.
The case of the teacher who assaulted one of his students in Taroudant will be examined on Tuesday, February 18 by the Agadir Court of Appeal. The lawyers for the student, as well as those for the teacher, have appealed the decision of the court of first instance, which had sentenced the teacher to 10 months in prison, including 4 suspended, and the payment of a fine of 40,000 dh.
The next hearing of the singer Dounia Batma and her sister Ibtissam is scheduled for February 24. This is the decision of the investigating judge at the court of first instance in Marrakech, in charge of the "Hamza mon bb" case.
MP M’jid El Guerrab will be prosecuted in criminal court by the Paris prosecutor’s office. This was decided in mid-December by the judicial authority against this LREM deputy, for having assaulted the PS official, Boris Faure, with two motorcycle helmet blows in 2017.
Blogger Soukaina Jannah, alias "Glamour" and journalist Simo Daher, as well as the owner of a car rental agency, have been informed of their fate. The Court of First Instance of Marrakech sentenced them to two years in prison, in addition to a fine of 10,000 DH each, as part of the Hamza mon bb case.
The Batma sisters were back in court in Marrakech this Monday, February 10th. This was the first hearing to allow them to defend themselves on their involvement or not in the "Hamza mon bb" case that has been making headlines for several months.
Following the recent conviction of six drivers for the seizure of large quantities of drugs on board their trucks, international road transport professionals are reacting. The Moroccan Association of International Road Transport (AMTRI) calls on drivers to observe a strike on February 12 as a protest against a justice that spares the owners of the seized drugs.
The members of the cocaine trafficking network in Kenitra have been informed of their fate since last Wednesday. The court of first instance of Kenitra has handed down its verdict, with sentences ranging from 6 months to 10 years.