Heba Press
The Zagora Magistrate’s Court handed down a two-month prison sentence to a person accused of cutting off the limbs of an animal, with the first month effective, while the execution of the second month was suspended. 200 dirhams for him.
The court also decided that the bail amount paid by the accused would be used to cover the costs of the public trial and the fine, and the remaining amount would be returned to him.
The accused, from Zawia Ben Khalil, in the community of Rouha, in the province of Zagora, was charged with “unnecessary mutilation of one of his saddle horses”. After being the subject of an investigation by the Royal Gendarmerie of Zagora, the King’s Prosecutor decided to prosecute him if he was released after paying his bail.
