French Court Orders New Investigation in Controversial Omar Raddad Murder Case

"Additional information has been ordered on all the elements I have provided," tweeted Me Sylvie Noachovitch, Omar Raddad’s lawyer, thanking her "supporters" and those who have "given her the strength" to fight this battle alongside the former Moroccan gardener.

During the hearing held at the instruction commission of the Court of Review, the lawyer estimated "to bring indisputable new elements that deserve an investigation to be ordered so that the truth emerges". The case is now postponed to September 15, she announced.

Convicted in February 1994 of the murder of his employer, Ghislaine Marchal, the Moroccan had been sentenced to 18 years in prison. He had been found guilty because of the inscription "Omar m’a tuer" (Omar killed me), traced with the victim’s blood at the crime scene.

Pardoned in 1998, Omar Raddad has always denounced a judicial error and hopes to be definitively cleared in the eyes of the French justice system, which convicted him despite the many inconsistencies in the file.