DR ‹ › Last Thursday, the Royal Gendarmerie in Salé referred seven suspects to the Public Prosecution at the Rabat Court of Appeal in connection with a case involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, which resulted in her pregnancy. The young woman later underwent an abortion at a well-known gynecology clinic in Rabat. According to the newspaper Al-Akhbar, those charged include the attending doctor, his secretary, a nurse working at an international clinic, and an intermediary who owns a mobile café, in addition to the main suspect, a man in his twenties, and two of his close friends. After questioning the suspects, the Public Prosecutor decided to refer the case to an investigating judge for further inquiry. The investigating judge ordered the pre-trial detention of the main suspect, while the other six defendants were released on bail. The doctor was granted provisional release upon payment of a financial bail set at 10,000 centimes. The case was opened following a complaint filed by the victim's mother, with investigations revealing that the main suspect's two friends were involved in filming the incident. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the same network may have been involved in similar offenses carried out using the same methods. Further hearings involving all defendants are scheduled to resume on January 21.
