The city of Ain Aouda, on the outskirts of Rabat, witnessed a new tragedy that shook public opinion, when a 30-year-old defendant lured a young girl and sexually assaulted her, exploiting her mental disability in exchange for a meager sum of no more than five dirhams.
In a rapid development in the case, the investigating judge at the Rabat Court of Appeal decided to remand the accused in custody at Tamesna prison.
The details of the case go back to a complaint filed by the victim’s father with the public prosecutor’s office.
According to the information available, the child is about 13 years old and is in the sixth grade of primary school, but she suffers from a mental disability and “learning difficulties.”
The accused, who did not know the child beforehand, took advantage of her condition and the fact that she often appeared childish and played with younger children.
He carried out his act in a secluded spot on the street near the school, after luring her and then sexually assaulting her by force, concluding his act by giving her five dirhams.
Members of the Royal Gendarmerie Judicial Center in Ain Aouda managed to set up a carefully planned ambush for the perpetrator, which led to his arrest in flagrante delicto.
Investigations revealed that the perpetrator was not satisfied with his first act, but asked for the child’s phone number and contacted her, asking her to come again to a secluded place (an isolated park), where he intended to repeat the assault.
These communications were closely monitored by security personnel.
The meeting was arranged in a secluded park, where the perpetrator asked the child to come wearing a specific garment, a jellaba. He was arrested at the exact time of the meeting.
A decision was made to remand him in custody immediately due to the seriousness of the crime and his plans to repeat the assault.
Investigations are currently continuing under the supervision of the investigating judge to determine all the legal circumstances of the crime and to adjust the charges against the accused, who now faces severe penalties for the crime of indecent assault of a minor by exploiting her vulnerability.
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