Twelve years in prison for a case of sexual harassment on the Corniche of Tangier

Moroccan justice has ruled. Thursday evening, following a closed-door trial, the Tangier Criminal Chamber sentenced four minors to three years in prison each forsexual assault of a young girl on the cornice.

The announcement of the verdict, which represents a total of 12 years of incarceration, caused consternation among the families of the accused, present in court. Cries and laments erupted at the announcement of the judgment, considered harsh by the relatives of the condemned.