Policeman sentenced to 20 years in Moroccan Jew murder case
Morocco, Local, 11/24/2003

The Appeal court of Rabat sentenced this Saturday Khalid Adib, a former policeman, to 20 years in jail in the case of the murder, last September, of Alfred Rebibo, a Moroccan Jew in Casablanca.

Four co-defendants received 15 years, one was sentenced to 10 years, two others received a 5-year in jail sentence, one person was handed down a 2 year prison sentence. Two others were acquitted.

The group that includes two policemen faced charges of criminal association with the aim of plotting and carrying out terrorist acts, non-denunciation, activism within an unauthorized association, unlicensed meetings, possession of cutting weapons and document dissimulation.

The Moroccan Jew, Albert Rebibo, was shot dead last September near his shop in Casablanca by two hooded individuals.

Previous Stories:
  Over 40 thousand couples divorce in Morocco annually   (11/22/2003)
  Court postpones hearing in case of Moroccan Jew killing   (10/25/2003)
  Rabat court delivers verdicts in several terrorism cases   (9/29/2003)
  Two men get death penalty in terrorism trial   (9/27/2003)

Please add a link on your webiste pointing to ArabicNews.com and bookmark ArabicNews.com & subscribe to our daily email news bulletin.

Search