Trial

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• Moroccan-Canadian Woman on Trial for Assaulting Local Official in Property Dispute
  28 March, by Sylvanus

  During a brief hearing, the lawyer of the Moroccan living in Canada tried before the court of first instance of Témara for having slapped a caïd tried to justify the act and to get his client out of trouble.
  "My client is a woman who has been a victim of violence," stressed the lawyer of the MRE, Bouchaïb Essoufi, in a brief pleading on Wednesday. He accused the public authorities of "having acted according to negative behaviors". He assured that his client "was assaulted, which led to a (…)

• Belgian-Moroccan Suspect in Child Kidnapping Case Vanishes Before Trial
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  While he is due to appear before the Tongeren Assize Court on April 22, a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan has disappeared from the radar. This man accused of kidnapping a child is untraceable in Tongeren.
  Will Abderrahman Laktit be present at his trial for kidnapping on April 22 before the Tongeren Assize Court? Nothing is certain. "We think he is on the run," it is said. The units went to Abderrahman’s home and noticed that there was no one there. The thirtysomething is accused of a double (…)

• Major Drug Trafficking Ring Busted: 120 Convicted in Brussels Trial
  30 October 2024, by Prince

  End in Brussels of the exceptional trial of 120 people prosecuted for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking, among other things, from Morocco. The accused were sentenced to sentences ranging from a few months to 17 years in prison.
  After a long trial that took place from December 2023 to May 2024, the Brussels court finally delivered its verdict on Tuesday in this case of international drug trafficking from Morocco for which more than 120 men and women of Albanian, Colombian, (…)

• Omar Raddad: French Court Rejects New Trial in Decades-Old Murder Case
  13 October 2022, by Ginette

  The former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad will not have a new trial. The justice rejected on Thursday the second request for review filed by his lawyer Me Sylvie Noachovitch, based on new elements.
  The investigating commission of the court of review ruled on Thursday that the request of the former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad, convicted twenty-eight years ago for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal and who wanted a new trial, was inadmissible. His lawyer said she was "disappointed" and (…)

• Moroccan Activist’s Sentence Reduced, Appeals Conviction for Facebook Protest Posts
  22 February 2023, by Said

  The human rights activist, Rida Benotmane, has seen his prison sentence reduced from three years to one and a half years by the Moroccan justice system. He had been convicted for publishing on Facebook comments calling for protests against the "extremism" of the police in Morocco. He has decided to appeal.
  The activist’s mother welcomed the reduction of the sentence, but also stressed that she considered it a "minimal victory over injustice". Amnesty International had called for the (…)

• Controversial Moroccan Plastic Surgeon’s Appeal Trial Set to Begin in Casablanca
  2 September 2024, by Prince

  The appeal trial of plastic surgeon Hassan Tazi and his co-defendants will open next week before the Casablanca Court of Appeal.
  The famous surgeon had been sentenced on May 3 by the court of first instance in Casablanca to 3 years in prison, including two years firm and one with probation. Detained at the Oukacha prison since his arrest two years ago, Dr. Hassan Tazi was released after this sentence, recalls Al3omk.
  Tazi was acquitted of "human trafficking" and "participation and (…)

• Plastic Surgeon Defends Wife in Ongoing Fraud Appeal Trial
  2 February, by Sylvanus

  The appeal trial of plastic surgeon Dr. Hassan Tazi, sentenced on May 3 to three years in prison, two of which were firm and one suspended, and then released, and his co-defendants, continues before the Court of Appeal of Casablanca.
  If Dr. Hassan Tazi has regained his freedom after spending two years in prison, his wife Mounia Benchekroun, who was sentenced to four years in prison, is still in prison. During his hearing at the Casablanca court last Friday, the famous surgeon accused of (…)

• Major Drug Trafficking Trial Opens in Spain: 152 Accused Face Staggering Sentences
  10 April 2023, by Prince

  The trial of Antonio Tejón "El Castaña", head of one of the most active Moroccan hashish trafficking networks in the Campo de Gibraltar, as well as 151 of his collaborators, will open at the provincial court of Cádiz. The prosecution has requested against them sentences of 1,787 years in prison and €15.18 billion in fines.
  The trafficker, even in prison in 2020, continued to lead his activities and to introduce Moroccan hashish bales on the Andalusian coast. The Andalusian Council has (…)

• Moroccan Man in France Sentenced for Sharing ISIS Propaganda on Facebook
  19 June 2023, by Said

  A Moroccan residing in Cazoul-les-Béziers was sentenced, in immediate appearance, to a 2-year prison sentence and a permanent ban from French territory for terrorism apology.
  The investigation, led by the departmental judicial police directorate (DTPJ) of Montpellier, was initiated following an alert received on May 22, 2023. The intelligence services were thus able to identify a number of messages and propaganda videos of the Islamic State, disseminated by the defendant on Facebook (…)

• Belgian Man Gets 8-Year Sentence in Morocco for Alleged Family Sexual Abuse
  9 September 2022, by Ginette

  A Belgian national was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison by the Meknes Court of Appeal for sexual abuse within the family. The accusations were brought against him by his ex-wife, of Moroccan origin.
  Since his arrest, Marc Moerman has always denied the facts, stressing that he has been the victim of a trap set up from scratch by his in-laws who are pursuing purely financial objectives. On April 14, the 58-year-old father had been sentenced in the first instance by the Meknes (…)