Salé’s judicial police arrested 77-year-old Spaniard Eusebio Corrales Baena in a city café for sexual assault on a juvenile.
The suspect, who has been living in Morocco since last July, was reported by a waitress working in the aforementioned café, after he tried to sexually assault an eight-year-old minor girl, his wife’s niece, in the café’s toilets.
The Spanish citizen was questioned about the accusations against him, the latter denied the charges, claiming that he accompanied the girl to the restroom to relieve herself.
The suspect is now in police custody subject to an investigation, under the supervision of the public prosecutor’s office.