The case occurred in the eastern Moroccan city of Oujda. Popular website Oujdacity.net, which calls itself the "premiere portal for eastern Morocco," remarked on the incident, saying : On Monday, October 12, 2009, the Court of First Instance in Oujda, ruled a three and a half years prison sentence (without probation), plus financial compensation of 100,000 dirhams (13,000 USD) against the wife of the judge who employed the child maid Zaineb.
El lunes, 12 de octubre de 2009, la Corte en Primera Instancia en Oujda, , dictaminó una sentencia de 3 años y medio de prisión (sin libertad condicional), además de una compensación de 100.000 dirhams (13.000 USD) contra la mujer del juez que empleó a la jovencita Zaineb como sirvienta.