Fez - The Gothenburg First Instance Court in Sweden sentenced a Moroccan junior football team coach on Tuesday to two months in prison for sexually assaulting three 16-year-old girls outside Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg during the opening ceremony of the Gothia Cup, the world’s largest youth football competition that took place in July.
Fez – The Gothenburg First Instance Court in Sweden sentenced a Moroccan junior football team coach on Tuesday to two months in prison for sexually assaulting three 16-year-old girls outside Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg during the opening ceremony of the Gothia Cup, the world’s largest youth football competition that took place in July.
The Moroccan coach, 36, whose identity remains anonymous following the event organizers’ instructios, denied allegations and burst into tears during the trial. The suspect was found guilty after the court resorted to using camera records.
The court also obliged the coach to pay 11,200 Swedish Krona for each girl as a compensation. The coach’s lawyer asks for an appeal in hopes of making the sentence less harsh.
The incident happened In July when a group of teenagers who belonged to a Moroccan youth football team and their coach surrounded three teens, kissing and groping them.
The coach was accused of touching the girls’ breasts, thighs and shoving his tongue in one of the three 16-year-old girls’ mouth.
Edited by Ghita Benslimane
