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From the
https://www.thesun.co.uk By Sophie Elsworth & Jonathan Kanengoni,
12 Apr 2025.
SPEAKING OUT Brit brewery boss Allen McKenna’s
influencer partner breaks silence after dad demanded answers on his
‘mystery’ death.
THE glamorous Moroccan partner of dead Brit businessman Allen
McKenna has declared that the “truth will always come out” after his
family pleaded for answers over his death.
In an exclusive interview in south London, 27-year-old Majda Mjaoual
has hit back after reports raised concerns around the circumstances
of Mr McKenna’s death.
The 27-year-old said ‘the truth will come out’ about her partner’s
death. Credit: Paul Edwards
The couple were together for seven years after meeting in a
Liverpool Street bar in central London where she worked as a
waitress and he was 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”.
She said she is still waiting on an autopsy from Moroccan
authorities to find out Mr McKenna’s cause of deathCredit: News Corp
Australia
“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”. |
