Moroccan Police Officer Faces Death Penalty Trial for Double Homicide in Casablanca

The defense of the accused had previously refused the decision of the criminal chamber of the same Court, which had recommended holding the trial by videoconference, due to the maintenance of the state of health emergency in the country.

The police officer, who has been detained for more than a year in the Oukacha prison for double homicide, faces sanctions that can go up to the death penalty, Alyaoum24 reported.

The facts date back to July 7, 2019 in Casablanca. Using his service weapon, a police officer had "coldly executed" a man and a woman in a state of drunkenness. The inspector, who was in the midst of wedding preparations, was later arrested near Cabo negro, in the north of the country.