Omar Raddad Case: Court to Review New Evidence in Decades-Old Murder Conviction

This is a new request based on new elements presented by his lawyer. The latter believes he has "provided indisputable new elements that deserve an investigation to be ordered so that the truth emerges."

Designated by the inscription "Omar m’a tuer", traced with the victim’s blood at the crime scene, the Moroccan had suffered a first rejection of a request for review in 2002. This time, it is the justice system itself that had ordered to relaunch the investigations in this case. A first step before a possible retrial.

Convicted in February 1994 of the murder of his employer, Ghislaine Marchal, the Moroccan was sentenced to 18 years in prison, then pardoned in 1998. Since then, Omar Raddad has proclaimed his innocence and denounced a judicial error.