Morocco Psychiatrist Sentenced After Drugging and Abusing Patients

The psychiatrist S. I. was sentenced Monday evening by a Fez court, following a trial that revealed a “memorial of horrors.” The doctor was accused of using his position to drug and rape his patients, subjecting them to sexual exploitation and forced dependence on cocaine and heroin.

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The case erupted after the practitioner’s wife discovered incriminating videos on his mobile phone. These recordings, showing group-sex scenes and “deviant acts” at the marital home, formed the basis of a wide-ranging investigation that uncovered one of the most serious cases of medical abuse in the country.

Several accomplices were also convicted, including a photographer sentenced to six years in prison and a cousin of the doctor, responsible for supplying the drugs, sentenced to five years. A nurse and the owner of a riad where “swinger parties” were organized each received one-year prison sentences.

Fez psychiatrist’s trial and crimes involving chemical submission

During the hearing, one victim described how the psychiatrist subjected her to rituals and spells presented as therapy. “I felt a profound sense of fear,” she testified before the judges, while the doctor repeatedly assured her that she was “safe.”

The investigative file reveals that the specialist deliberately prescribed hallucinogenic drugs to his patients until they became dependent, in order to control them more effectively. One of the victims said she had to sell her own apartment to finance the drug use imposed on her by the doctor.

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In Morocco, only 3% of victims dare to file a complaint. In a formally conservative society, the fear of being prosecuted for “fornication” or adultery remains a major obstacle to access to justice for assaulted women.