Appeals Court Sentences Attacker to 2.5 Years in Prison in ’88 Stitches’ Assault Case

Appeals Court Sentences Attacker to 2.5 Years in Prison in ’88 Stitches’ Assault Case

A Kenitra appeals court on Friday increased a man’s sentence to two and a half years in prison and ordered him to pay MAD 200,000 in damages for assaulting a woman named Khadija and disfiguring her in a knife attack. The court overturned an earlier ruling by the Mechra Bel Ksiri Court of First Instance, which had sparked public outrage after sentencing the attacker to just two months in prison and a MAD 300 fine. Videos of Khadija crying and cal…