Overview
- Moroccan outlets say the criminal chamber in Tanger found Maes guilty of forming a criminal gang, attempted kidnapping and sequestration, and incitement to commit crimes.
- The verdict was reportedly delivered on 25 November after Maes was arrested in Casablanca in January and held about 11 months in pretrial detention.
- Eleven other defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to ten years, according to Media24.
- Three co-defendants — identified by local media as Mourad L., Abdelghani Ch. and Tarik L. — were ordered to pay 23.6 million dirhams in financial damages.
- Maes denies the accusations and his lawyers call the case empty, and the Moroccan proceedings are presented as separate from his 2024 conviction in absentia in France.