A Belgian-Moroccan man was convicted on Thursday by the Moroccan judiciary for the death of a child in the Belgian city of Namur in 2005, according to the Saturday edition of the newspaper L’Avenir.
The mother of the two-year-old toddler had left her then-partner overseeing her in their Namur flat.
The young girl, Thea, was hurt in an unsettling incident and was transferred to the hospital, where she passed away only a few days after being admitted.
Shortly after her death, Mounir Kiouh was taken into custody and charged with homicide. The accused man received a 15-year prison sentence after being found guilty in the initial trial.
The criminal escaped to his home nation because he thought he would be able to avoid punishment.
The victim’s mother alerted Moroccan authorities to the issue and informed them of the ongoing legal processes in Belgium.
Mounir Kiouh was then taken into custody and imprisoned by Moroccan law enforcement.
According to L’Avenir, the defendant received a 20-year prison term during his first trial in Morocco.
After an appeal trial that ended on Thursday, his sentence was lowered to 15 years in prison.
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