21 Facts About Mustapha Tabet

Mustapha Tabet was eventually convicted and sentenced to death in March 1993, and was executed by firing squad in September.

Mohamed Mustapha Tabet was born the son of a Quranic teacher in 1939 in Casablanca, Morocco.

Mustapha Tabet returned to Casablanca and enrolled in the Royal Police Academy in Khenifra in 1974.

Mustapha Tabet entered the Renseignements Generaux, Morocco's police intelligence agency, in 1975.

Mustapha Tabet gained the reputation of a highly-religious man, and gained the nickname of Hajj Tabet following his pilgrimage to Mecca.

Mustapha Tabet made no distinction between married and single women, virgins and non-virgins.

The indictment noted a specific incident where Mustapha Tabet allegedly forced three women from the same family, a mother, her daughter, and her 15-year-old niece, to sleep with him.

Mustapha Tabet had filmed most of his assaults, confessing to having spent over 5,000 dirham per month on prostitutes, male and female, and producing videotapes which he allegedly sold overseas.

In some of the tapes, Mustapha Tabet was seen physically abusing and beating the women, in some instances with blood being abundantly visible.

Mustapha Tabet used his position to cover-up his crimes, and his colleagues in the police force often destroyed any evidence to prevent charges being brought against him.

Mustapha Tabet told his victims that he could get them hymenorrhaphy the next day from a co-conspirator, gynecologist Driss Lahlou, assuring the victims they would be able to "keep their virginity".

Mustapha Tabet recorded his sister's confession and her version of the events.

Mustapha Tabet was taken into custody after four days as a fugitive for interrogation and was allegedly subject to torture and beatings.

The judge was Lahcen Tolfi, and Mustapha Tabet was represented by Mohamed Afrit Bennani.

Mustapha Tabet was deemed able to stand trial after being evaluated by a court-appointed psychiatrist.

At his trial, he admitted to the authenticity of the tapes, claimed that he had intercourse with up to 1,500 women and that at least 10 of the city's supervisors and other senior police officers had aided in destroying evidence, despite this, Mustapha Tabet argued that the victims were either willing participants or prostitutes.

On March 15,1993, Mustapha Tabet was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to death by firing squad.

On September 5,1993, six months after his trial, at Kenitra Central Prison, Mustapha Tabet was woken up by the call to Fajr prayer.

Mustapha Tabet was the first person to be executed in Morocco since 1982.

Mustapha Tabet's family was not allowed to witness the execution.

Mustapha Tabet's family received his body 48 hours later in a coffin that was sealed shut, and the family refused to get Mustapha Tabet's body inspected by independent medical examiners.