A Brit will spend a decade languishing in a Moroccan prison after being arrested for using counterfeit money to buy a drink.
Oliver Andrews, 29, has been jailed for 10 years after spending five months on remand on charges of using the notes on November 11.
He was arrested along with a pal just hours before he was due to fly home after their holiday in the Moroccan capital.
On April 11, the pair were convicted and sentenced to 10 years despite Andrews maintaining that he didn't know the notes were forgeries.
After his sentencing, his partner Alanna Cornick said: "I've been an absolute mess. I'm lost for words - I literally can't believe it."
She went on to describe his jail term as the "worst possible outcome".
To make things worse, Andrews claims he's been subjected to maltreatment at the hands of the Moroccan police, who have been accused on several occasions of brutality towards those in their custody.
While locked up, neither defendant was provided access to an official translator or a lawyer when they were questioned.
They were "pressured into signing foreign paperwork" which they didn't fully understand, the family says.
Andrew also suffers with a condition that affects his heart. He requires medication daily, but has been unable to access his tablets for more than a month, putting his health at risk, the family adds.
Previously, Ms Cornick wrote on Facebook: "We all know that this situation of paying with cash of which some of it turns out to be a counterfeit can happen to absolutely anyone."
Mr Andrews says he has received no help from the British authorities - but the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it provided assistance.
Speaking via the family, Mr Andrew's solicitor, in Morocco, said he and his friend he was on holiday with had been charged with possessing and distributing counterfeit money within the country, and one count of creating an organised criminal group.
When Mr Andrews was visited by his solicitor the family said: "he was in a very deteriorating mental and physical state" as without his medication "his blood circulation was slowing down".
Ms Cornick said to the BBC: "We just want to the embassy to do their job and go and visit him, and make sure to check on his welfare.
"The condition that he's living in is just heartbreaking on a daily basis."
Ms Cornick understands he is being kept in "cramped spaces" with 32 people in a 12-man cell, with no bedding or fresh air.
She wrote on Facebook: "When we visited him in the prison, he was in a very deteriorating mental and physical state and had begun to entertain suicidal thoughts due to not being able to communicate with anyone because of the language barrier."
Zoe, Mr Andrew's mother, told the BBC she feels very let down and deserted by the British government. She said they are not asking for legal help but want assurances of his welfare.
