The Casablanca Crimes Appeal Chamber, in room number 9, decided to postpone the examination of this case until January 30, 2024. The court took this decision in order to allow the preparation of the defense, the examination of the details of the case, as well as the summons of the accused detained in the local prison in the city of Salé.
Read: “La Crème” café shooting in Marrakech: death sentences confirmed for two Dutch people
On January 17, 2023, the Criminal Appeal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Marrakech confirmed the first instance judgment rendered against the defendants prosecuted in the case of the “La Crème” shooting, which occurred on January 2 November 2017. As a reminder, this shooting resulted in the death of a young medical student, as well as the injury of her friend and the owner of the café.
Read: “La Crème” shooting in Marrakech: one of the accused acquitted
The appeals chamber of the same court confirmed the first instance judgment. Two Dutchmen from the Dominican Republic and Surina respectively received the death penalty. MF, owner of the café, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. His brother “Mohamed F.” was sentenced to 8 years in prison. “JT”, brother of the alleged mastermind of the crime, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The court also handed down suspended sentences to three other people.
To read: News in the case of the shooting at the “La Crème” café in Marrakech
For its part, the customs administration seized all the property belonging to the owner of the “La Crème” café, estimated at several tens of millions of dirhams. 20 individuals were prosecuted in connection with this case.
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