The imprisoned ex-businessman and ex-owner of Algeria’s largest transport company, Mahieddine Tahkout, appeared to have a skinny body and a pale face. Affected by the state of health which obliged him in prison. So his defense asked the judge to allow him to sit. And to talk to him aloud because of his partial deafness.
The defendant, Tahkout, also revealed for the first time since his trial that he did not agree with relatives of his family. He commented to the judge saying: “Madam President, I did not no agreement with my family, about a dispute with my uncle, may God have mercy on him. ”, referring to his uncle who died last year.
Tahkout was questioned in connection with this case, on a party linked to money laundering by buying a significant amount of gold jewelry, worth 4 billion Algerian dinars, in France, for his “girlfriend”. named “Fairouz”, the latter had testified against Mahieddine Tahkout, but the latter categorically denied these facts, and commented as follows: “I haven’t seen this woman for 17 years. »
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The Court of Algiers requests a confirmation of sentence for Said Bouteflika, Tehkout, haddad and the Kouninef
The General Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Algiers requested, on Tuesday afternoon, the confirmation of the verdict pronounced at 12 years in prison against Said Bouteflika, prosecuted in corruption cases with 71 other defendants, former businessmen for most of them.
The brother and adviser of ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was prosecuted for “having granted suspicious protection to certain businessmen and for illicit enrichment and money laundering abroad”.
The Attorney General also requested the confirmation of the sentences pronounced against the businessmen Mahieddine Tahkout to 15 years in prison, Ali Haddad to 12 years in prison, Ahmed Mazouz to 12 years in prison and the Kouninef brothers to 10 years. from prison.
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He also requested the confirmation of the verdict pronounced against the former parliamentarian Tahar Missoum said “specific” and the former CEO of the National Bank of Algiers (BNA) Aboud Achour sentenced by the court of first instance to two years in prison each.
The prosecution also requested confirmation of the decisions to confiscate all real and movable property, bank accounts and seized funds.
The defendants were sentenced last February by the Sidi M’hamed court of first instance to terms ranging from 2 to 15 years in prison.
