Overview

• The Spanish Supreme Court annulled Ahmed Tommouhi’s third rape conviction, declaring his acquittal based on new evidence and victim retractions.
• Tommouhi was wrongfully convicted in the 1990s for multiple rapes and robberies in Catalonia, receiving sentences totaling over 100 years in prison.
• The decision highlights flaws in the reliance on eyewitness testimony, as DNA evidence excluded Tommouhi and linked the crimes to Antonio García Carbonell.
• This is the third successful judicial review overturning Tommouhi’s convictions, following similar rulings in 1997 and 2023.
• Tommouhi, who spent 15 years in prison and three years on parole, awaits a separate resolution on his compensation claim under administrative law.