Rabat– The Court of First Instance in El Jadida has concluded the case involving streamer Ilyas El Maliki, allowing him to leave prison after commuting his custodial sentence to an alternative penalty of community service, following the dismissal of the most serious charges against him.
According to a press review by Assabah, the correctional chamber ruled last Tuesday to replace El Maliki’s ten-month prison sentence with 900 hours of community service. The court also upheld a fine of MAD 20,000 and ordered him to cover legal costs.
As part of the alternative sentence, El Maliki will be required to pay MAD 500 for each day corresponding to the original custodial sentence not served. The court warned that failure to comply with the terms of the community service would result in the immediate enforcement of the original prison sentence.
El Maliki had been standing trial while in pretrial detention, facing a heavy case file comprising 23 charges. These included serious allegations such as corruption of minors and incitement to prostitution, alongside multiple offenses related to his online activities, including public insults, defamation, invasion of privacy, and harm to others’ reputations.
After nearly eight hours of hearings, the court found him guilty of several offenses, notably the dissemination and distribution of false information intended to infringe on privacy and defame individuals, public insults, gender-based harassment, incitement to discrimination, publishing manipulated content involving third parties without consent, offending the Islamic religion via a digital platform, possession and consumption of drugs, and unlawful entry into a stadium by force and deception.
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However, the court dismissed the most severe charges, particularly those related to the corruption of minors and incitement to prostitution, which carry penalties of up to ten years in prison under Articles 478 and 494 of the Penal Code.
The defense successfully argued that the legal elements required to establish these offenses were not met, a position the court ultimately accepted. This decision significantly reduced El Maliki’s sentence and paved the way for his imminent release, after nearly two months of detention at Sidi Moussa prison.
The court also rejected civil claims filed in the case, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked the legal standing to constitute themselves as civil parties. Requests to block El Maliki’s digital platforms or ban him from accessing them for ten years were likewise dismissed.
Sources cited by Assabah report that El Maliki received the verdict with clear relief. His sister publicly expressed gratitude on social media, thanking the judges for treating the case as a corrective measure rather than a punitive one, and for recognizing that he does not pose a threat to society.
Following the completion of administrative formalities related to the alternative sentence, El Maliki is expected to regain his freedom of movement in the coming days. The ruling comes after previous convictions that led to prison sentences for assault and for incitement to hatred and discrimination.
