Morocco Child Alcohol Abuse: Three Men Sentenced to Prison

The case erupted following the spread of a short video clip on social media. The images showed three men encouraging a boy of just six years old, their own nephew, to drink an alcoholic beverage. Facing public anger, police services launched investigations. Investigators quickly identified and arrested the suspects to bring them before the courts.

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The court of first instance in Benslimane delivered its verdict by imposing prison sentences. The main defendant, identified by the initials "A.A.", received the harshest penalty with four years in detention. His two accomplices, "N.A." and "A.M.", were respectively sentenced to three and a half years and three years in prison.

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The public prosecutor pursued the defendants for recording and distributing images of a minor in a private space without consent. The courts particularly emphasized failure to assist a person in danger and voluntary violence committed by individuals supposed to protect the victim. On the civil side, the association "Matqish Waldi", which joined as a civil party, obtained one symbolic dirham as compensation.