Moroccan Man Sentenced to Two Years for Armed Group Assault in French Housing Complex

The facts date back to March 2021. Yahya Glaa, a Moroccan in his twenties who has been the subject of an OQTF (obligation to leave French territory) since 2015 and Ossam E. and Dhafir H., both 21 years old, are accused of having beaten up a resident of the Cassenel district in Castelsarrasin (Tarn-et-Garonne) in the company of his brother armed with a broom handle. Yahya Glaa, the main accused in this case, was arrested 15 days after the events and has been incarcerated in a prison since then.

On Monday, Yahya Glaa appeared in custody, while Ossam E. and Dhafir H. appeared in freedom, reports La Dépêche du Midi. The (main) victim, who was prescribed 10 days of ITT (total incapacity for work), has knife wounds including one 5 cm deep on the buttock, specifies the president Laetita Zabka asking Yahya: "Who gave these knife blows?" "There were a lot of people, it was running everywhere, I regret the blows," responds the accused, denying having had a knife. "Between 2017 and 2019, you were convicted eleven times. He has no income other than delinquency, he has been doing nothing else since he is in France," thundered the Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic, Anne Gaullier. She requested two years in prison and a 10-year OQTF against Yahya.

"It’s not us who looked for the trouble," assures Dhafir. The victim and his brother assaulted this young Franco-Moroccan, diagnosed as schizophrenic, before a group of individuals from the neighborhood took them on with an iron bar and stones. "It’s true, I threw a parasol bar and some small stones," Ossama admits reluctantly. The knife? repeats Judge Laetita Zabka. "I didn’t see it. I was actually shocked when the investigators told me that," defends this big guy, whose criminal record is not clean.

"They are not ideal victims," the defense lawyers Amélie Villageon and Diane Payrou remind us. They pl