French Resident Sentenced for Killing Sheep with Car in Morocco

In addition to the one-month prison sentence, the court of first instance in Benslimane fined the defendant 500 dirhams, plus payment of 20,000 dirhams in compensation to the owner of the livestock.

Residing near David Beach, he had crushed a flock of sheep with his car on May 2, before threatening the young shepherd with the same fate. He was blaming them for being on his land.

Held in pre-trial detention at the Benslimane prison, the French resident’s family had tried by all means to have the complaint withdrawn by the shepherd’s family. A request that has not yet been accepted by the victims.