The first landmark: a husband convicted of marital rape!

In this Wednesday, June 5, the Court of Appeal of El Jadida wrote a jurisprudential page unprecedented in the Arab world. The judge issued a judgment in effect for marital rape, made under cover of aggression.

The accused, a 42-year fqih of his condition, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexual abuse and assault on his wife of 35 years. "This is the first time in Morocco that such a decision is taken by a national court. The judge ruled that the sexual act was performed in an abnormal way, "says Mr. Abdessalam El Mrini, the victim's lawyer, enrolled in the Bar El Jadida.

A complaint in December 2012

On 22 December 2012, the services of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the city of El Jadida register a complaint. A married woman 11 years lodged a complaint against her husband for sexual assault. It is accompanied by members of the women's association Essanaa, fighting since 1999 for the protection of women in El Jadida.

On 2 January 2012, the Attorney General takes the case and decide the prosecution of the accused. "It is exceptional in itself, the prosecutor judge prosecutorial discretion as expeditiously in such a case," does not miss me emphasize El Mrini. Indeed, the husband is quickly detained.

The prosecution evidence

These are, first of all, uplifting medical certificates. Medical arguments that prove sodomy: a large anal fissure causing hemorrhoidal disease. "The medical expertise even talking about anything that rectal pain" tells the defense attorney.

Then a poignant testimony, that one of the three daughters of the couple's children. A 11 year old girl who tells a court and assistance in shock, abuse suffered by her mother before her eyes.

A scene. The father dragging the mother by the hair lying on the floor. Children

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