Following a lengthy session held behind closed doors in Chamber 3 of the Primary Criminal Court at the Court of Appeal in Tangier, the court sentenced four minors to three years of imprisonment in a case of collective harassment that targeted a young woman in the public street of the coastal city.
The defendants were charged in this case, which sparked significant outrage in national and human rights circles, with “violating the dignity of a female through violence.”
Immediately after the verdict was announced, the courtyard of the Court of Appeal turned into a space of crying and lamentation from the mothers and families of the minors, who could not accept the ruling against their children.
Journalists witnessed instances of fainting among the mothers of the convicted minors in a case that has resonated widely in Moroccan society.