Spain must pay €2.5m to man who spent 15 years in jail for rapes he did not commit
- A Moroccan man, Ahmed Tommouhi, spent 15 years in Spanish prison for rapes he did not commit and will receive 2.5 million euros in compensation as ruled by Spain's Supreme Court.
- Tommouhi was imprisoned for 24 years in Catalonia starting in 1991 for two rapes and one robbery.
- He was fully cleared of the charges in December after a victim admitted he was not the attacker, ending a long campaign to prove his innocence.
- Spain's Supreme Court reversed a previous refusal to compensate Tommouhi, recognizing the original trial as a clear judicial error.
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A man who was convicted in Spain primarily for a series of rapes and spent nearly fifteen years in prison, despite the fact that it became clear after only a few years that he was innocent, has finally received compensation from the state.
A man who was convicted in Spain primarily for a series of rapes and spent nearly fifteen years in prison, despite the fact that it became clear after only a few years that he was innocent, has finally received compensation from the state. The Supreme Court awarded him 2.5 million euros for the loss of enjoyment of life and the injustice done to him.
Spain must pay €2.5m to man who spent 15 years in jail for rapes he did not commit
A Moroccan man who spent 15 years in prison for rapes he did not commit and who said the Spanish justice system had ruined his life is to be awarded 2.5 million euros ($2.87 million) in compensation, Spain's Supreme Court ruled.
A scientific evidence ignored by Spanish justice kept a man about 18 years in prison for two rape crimes he did not commit. Now, the Supreme Court of Spain recognized the State's patrimonial responsibility for judicial error and ordered compensation with 2.5 million euros.
Judicial error in Spain: the Supreme Court orders the State to compensate Ahmed Tommouhi for 2.5 million euros. Fifteen years of detention erased by a late recognition of his innocence.
Ahmed Tommouhi was convicted in 1992 by the Provincial High Court of Barcelona for several crimes of sexual assault he did not commit. Other stories: Shayne Coplan, the 20th-year-old and millionaire CEO of Polymarket, the crazy gambling website: aliens, the coming of Christ or the World Cup
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