The National High Court denies compensation to an innocent man who spent 15 years in prison because he considers that it is not an “obvious judicial error”

Five judges of the National High Court have considered that sentencing a man for rape with the semen of another man on the folios of the case file is not an “obvious judicial error.” Based precisely on an analysis of the semen recovered in the victim’s panties, the Supreme Court acquitted in 2023 Moroccan mason Ahmed Tommouhi, who had spent 15 years in prison despite the scientific analysis excusing him. However, the Dispute Chamber of the Natio…

The National High Court has dismissed the appeal of Moroccan citizen Ahmed Tommouhi against the refusal by the Ministry of Justice of the petition he filed in 2023 to be compensated after having spent 15 years in prison when he was confused with a rapist.

He says there was no "judicial error" even though the Supreme gave him the right and overturned his sentence.

The man was tried and blamed for two rapes he did not commit because the real aggressor was physically similar.