Italy: Condemned Moroccan Calls Judges "Sh-- Racists"

Tarik El Ghaddassi, a Moroccan residing in Italy, was convicted on June 11, 2024, of murdering his wife, Ilaria, at their residence in Ancona province on the night of October 10-11, 2022. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Now an appeals court has confirmed the conviction and sentence to the great indignation of the defendant. On his way out of the court, he yelled profanities at the judges and called them “racists”.

-Il Giornale

The below article is translated from today; Il Giornale by Fousesquawk. 

“Racist, sh– judge”. Sentenced for the death of his wife, the Moroccan insults the (judge)

Tarik El Ghaddassi beat his wife to death before the eyes of his children, ages 4-7.

Francesca Galici 4 April 2025 14:42

Tarik El Ghaddassi, a Moroccan living in Italy, on the night of 10-11 October 2022, beat his wife  to death in Padiglione di Osimo in Ancona province. The appeals court confirmed his life sentence. For him, the charge of voluntary homicide, aggravated by cruelty, trivial motives, abuse in the presence of two children, minors aged 4-7 at the time of the incident, and committing a homicide during the period he was under house arrest. The appeals court confirmed all of the sentencing from the criminal court, (which was) issued last June 11, 2024. 

For the accused, the motive was reportedly jealousy, but El Ghaddassi’s defense always denied the voluntary (nature) of the homicide, maintaining the theory of an argument and an accidental fall down the stairs on the part of the wife. The defendant admitted to having abused her, but not with the intention of killing her. For this reason, acquittal was requested, or as an alternative, conviction for manslaughter. The appeal to the court of cassation has already been announced, but at the moment of leaving the Ancona tribunal courtroom, which confirmed the conviction, the Moroccan gave vent to his anger, making serious accusations against the judges. “Racist, sh– judges,” El Ghaddassi shouted, implicitly maintaining that his conviction was the result of prejudice against him, coming from his foreign origin. The body of Ilaria was found in the bedroom, covered in bruises all over her body. El Ghaddassi stated that he was not aware of the gravity of what had happened until the following morning.

“We are happy with the sentence, but quite shaken from having to relive the tragedy over the course of the trial. There was a lot of tension in the hearing today, but he got what he deserves,” said Daniele Maiorano, Ilaria’s brother. “Nobody can give her back to us,” said a former schoolmate and good friend of Ilaria.

The condemned man, who has been in jail since the day of the crime, will also have to pay compensatory damages of 400,000 euros to each child, 250,000 euros to Ilaria’s mother,  Silvana Salvatore, and 165,000 euros to her brother, Daniele.