King Mohamed VI of Morocco on Sunday revoked a pardon granted to a Spanish serial paedophile whose release sparked angry protests in the kingdom, a palace statement said.
The king “has decided to withdraw the pardon previously accorded to Daniel Galvan Vina”, said the text of the statement, published by the official MAP news agency.
It said the “exceptional” decision was taken because of the “gravity of the crimes committed and out of respect for the victims’ rights”.
Although several media reports have said Vina has left the country, the agency said the justice minister would discuss with Madrid “the next step after the pardon’s revocation”.
This “opens the way for Rabat to request the paedophile serves in a Spanish jail” the 28 years remaining of his sentence, Spain’s ambassador to Morocco, Alberto Navarro, told Spanish daily El Pais.