murder in villa, multiple convictions

A Kuwaiti citizen and a Moroccan woman were sentenced on Friday by the Court of First Instance in Marrakech to seven and ten months in prison respectively for the murder of a 22-year-old Moroccan woman. The victim was found dead in the swimming pool of a villa in Sidi Ibrahim, a suburb of Marrakech.

Seven other defendants, all of Kuwaiti nationality, and two Moroccan women received suspended prison sentences of two to four months in this case.

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The facts date from April 14, 2024. On that day, eight Kuwaiti nationals, accompanied by Moroccan women, including a minor, spent an evening in a villa in the oasis of Sidi Ibrahim. The evening ended tragically with the death by drowning of a 20-year-old woman.

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The Menara-Marrakech section of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) demanded a thorough investigation into the case and the arrest of the villa’s owner and his manager. The association believes that the charges against the defendants are serious enough and should be considered crimes of human trafficking. The suspects were charged with murder and rape of a minor.