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REUTERS
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His cleaning lady stole 36 watches from the Moroccan king. Now she has to be behind bars for 15 years.
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Instagram
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Mohammed VI likes to wear luxury watches.
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AFP
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The woman finally sold the royal watches in their original condition.
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Because she stole dozens of valuable watches from the King of Morocco, a cleaning woman has been imprisoned for 15 years. A court in Rabat found the 46-year-old guilty of stealing a total of 36 watches on the night of Saturday, her lawyer said. Another 14 defendants, mostly gold traders or middlemen, have to go behind bars for four to 15 years for stealing.
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The cleaning lady had in one of the palaces of Mohammed VI. worked. In the beginning, she melted down the gold watches and sold the molten metal to gold traders, but later went on to sell the stolen goods in their original condition.
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At the end of 2019, the 46-year-old, a suspected accomplice and the other suspects were arrested. These assured the court that they had no knowledge of the origin of the watches.
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The Moroccan monarch is considered one of the richest men in the world and is known for his penchant for luxury. An Instagram photo from September 2018 showed him, for example, with a diamond-embellished watch on his wrist, which is said to be a model from the Patek Philippe brand worth around EUR 1.1 million. (SDA)
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