Majda Mjaoual, the stylish partner of the late Allen McKenna, expressed confidence that the truth will eventually be revealed, following his family’s appeal for information regarding his passing.
In an interview held in south London, 27-year-old Majda Mjaoual responded to inquiries regarding Mr. McKenna’s demise, refuting any doubts raised about the circumstances surrounding his death.
The couple’s relationship spanned seven years, commencing when they met at a bar in Liverpool Street, London, where Majda was employed as a waitress and Allen as a security guard.
But the British-Australian father-of-two’s life was suddenly cut short when he died in Casablanca, Morocco on February 22.
They were living in the affluent North Yorkshire community of Harrogate and were visiting Ms Mjaoual’s home country of Morocco.
She went into their bedroom late at night to find him lying in bed and he had turned “blue”.
Ms Mjaoual told News Corp Australia: “He couldn’t breathe and I was assuming he was dying at [that] moment.”
“Then we called the ambulance, the doctor…they couldn’t take him because he was a foreign national…the first doctor came and announced him dead”.
She said she is still waiting on an autopsy from Moroccan authorities to show his cause of death.
Ms Mjaoual said when they first met they had “nothing” and were “living on chicken wings and fries”.
But they later went on to establish several businesses including a micro brewery and security company in Bradford in West Yorkshire.
Ms Mjaoual said soon after Mr McKenna death she gave a statement to Moroccan police and her partner was taken to a morgue in Casablanca before he was buried several days later at Arrahma Cemetery.
“I was heartbroken because I shared seven years of life with this man, it’s not easy to have your entire life upside down in a matter of a day, it was so difficult,” Ms Mjaoual said.
“I couldn’t eat for a whole week, I literally lost five kilos”.
But Mr McKenna’s 77-year-old father, Allan Moorhead, who lives in Adelaide and no longer speaks to his son’s partner, said he has been living a “nightmare” and left in the dark about the circumstances surrounding Mr McKenna’s death.
“I’m not sleeping at night, I don’t know where my son is,” he said.
“What can I do, give me a suggestion, if I fly to the UK I can be there in 24 hours in London then I fly to Morocco, what do I do then.
“It’s been horrific. I’m in limbo, I can’t do anything.
“I want him home here”.
Ms Mjaoual said Mr McKenna had many health problems and was on steroids as he was bodybuilding.
She provided documentation showing many medical appointments and health results he received in the UK in the months leading up to his death which included contracting quinsy, suffering kidney problems as well as high blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Ms Mjaoual, who is Muslim, said her late partner converted to Islam and they married under Islamic law in 2017 and planned to have a civil wedding ceremony in London in June.
McKenna Brewery, located in Bradford, was this week locked up with nobody on site and mail was mounted up at the front of the building.
Ms Mjaoual, a prolific social media user with more than 24,000 followers on Instagram and 48,000 followers on TikTok recently shut down her online accounts after she said she received vile messages after reports were published surrounding the death of her partner.
She frequently shared posts of herself armed with lavish brands including Louis Vuitton, Prada and Chanel handbags and enjoying international holidays through Europe and Asia but said she has been “left with nothing”.
“There is actually a will, Allen drafted a will back in 2023 but I never found the signed copy which means I’m not legally entitled to anything,” Ms Mjaoual said.
“There’s nothing for me to take, I’m not protected in any sort of way, yes we are married in my religion but that’s not recognised in the UK.
“I’ll probably walk out with nothing”.
Mr McKenna’s half-brother, Paul Gray, 57, who lives in West Yorkshire, this week pleaded for his brother’s body to be returned home to the UK or Australia.
“What the family wants is to get Allen back…we’re not bothered about any assets, we just want him back, we don’t want him in Morocco,” he said.
“Either get him back to England or Australia…we don’t even know where he is buried in Morocco at the moment.
“We’ve got a grieving family, we just want him back”.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it is, “providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian who has died in Morocco”.
“We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time”.
A representative from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office told News Corp: “We are supporting the family of a British man following his death in Morocco and were in contact with the local authorities”.
