Moroccan Court Sentences Couple to Death for Child Murder and Mutilation

The charges against the two criminals are voluntary homicide with premeditation, the use of acts of barbarity against descendants and the mutilation of the corpse, in accordance with Articles 392 and 399 of the Moroccan Penal Code. In addition to the death penalty, the convicted persons must pay compensation of 500,000 dirhams to the victim’s family and one symbolic dirham to the National Observatory of Children’s Rights, which has joined the case as a civil party, reports the MAP.

It was in November 2019 that parts of the lifeless body of a male child were found in a landfill in Larache. Thorough research and investigations led to the identification of the victim, who was 7 years old. The rest of the body was found in a refrigerator at his father’s home. The search operations made it possible to find the rest of the body in a refrigerator in the family home. The victim was strangled before being mutilated.