00:01Three months after the chaotic 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final,
00:05the Moroccan legal system has issued its verdict.
00:09A court in the country has upheld the prison sentences of 18 Senegalese football fans
00:14charged over a pitch invasion during the event.
00:18The prosecution had urged harder penalties,
00:21but the judges decided to uphold the initial sentences handed down.
00:26Nine will face one year in prison,
00:28while the other nine will serve time behind bars ranging from three to six months.
00:33These sentences are accompanied by fines ranging from 90 to 460 euros.
00:39Detained since the AFCON final,
00:41the defendants faced charges of hooliganism,
00:43violence against police and damage to sports equipment.
00:47Charges they rejected during their hearing.
00:49They argued they descended onto the pitch
00:51in order to escape from crowd movements and projectiles being launched in the stands.
00:58They were taken for a long term,
01:00The system doesn't hurt, but the other one is able to execute it,
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