The Court of First Instance of the city of Benslimane has closed the curtain on the case of “the servant Kenza”, who was subjected to torture by her employer and her husband, and issued a judgment sentencing the couple to a prison sentence of 5 years. years.
On Thursday evening, after reserving the case for deliberation, the court sentenced the wife to three years in prison after charging her with identity theft, assault and battery, while it sentenced her husband to two years in prison and acquitted him of the charge of identity theft.
Regarding civil compensation, the same authority sentenced the wife to a fine of 9 million centimes, and also sentenced the husband to a fine of 6 million centimes.
The maid’s defense confirmed during its pre-trial plea that its client was suffering horrific pain and that she was fed up with the torture, beatings and detention she was subjected to, which is confirmed by the medical report to which she was subjected.
The defense lawyer stressed that “the servant Kenza”, originally from the commune of Settat and who worked at the defendants’ home in Mansouriya, still suffers from the consequences of the torture and detention to which she was subjected, as she suffers from fractures and injuries in various parts of her body.
In its plea, before the case was submitted for deliberation, the public prosecutor demanded that the maximum sentences be imposed on the spouses accused in this case which has attracted the attention of public opinion and human rights associations concerned with women’s rights.
The “maid Kenza” had recounted in court the details of the violence and beatings she had suffered, confirming that her husband sometimes hit her with a wine bottle and at other times with a bread kneader.
As for her suffering with her working wife, “Kenza” mentioned that she experienced difficult moments of verbal and physical violence, stressing that the arguments between the spouses were blamed on the cleaning lady.
During the investigation and trial, the defendants attempted to refute the charges of detention and assault against the maid, claiming that she suffered from disorders that led her to expose herself to beatings.
The medical reports that the victim underwent also showed fractures and injuries on her body, while she underwent an operation on her right hand, which lasted three hours, according to what medical sources confirmed.
