Police officer condemned to 10 years of prison for homicide

The Appellate Court of Marrakech sentenced, in Marrakech Tuesday, a police officer to 10 years in jail for violence and manslaughter. The victim, Mohamed Ait Si Rahal, died on July 25, 2002 in a Marrakech hospital, after he was transferred from a police station.

Ait Si Rahal, a Moroccan expatriate in France, is father of three. The Court also condemned the defendant to pay MAD 150,000, about 15,000 euros, to the victim's family.