Girlfriend breaks silence on Australian Allen McKenna’s mystery death in Morocco

The glamorous Moroccan girlfriend of dead Aussie businessman Allen McKenna has given an emotional account of her long-time partner’s death. Watch the exclusive video.

The glamorous Moroccan partner of dead Australian businessman Allen McKenna has declared the “truth will always come out” as his family pleads for answers and for his remains to be repatriated to Australia.

In an exclusive interview with News Corp in south London, 27-year-old Majda Mjaoual has hit back after media reports raised concerns around the circumstances of Mr McKenna’s death.

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 as a security guard.

But the 47-year-old Australian father-of-two’s life was suddenly cut short when he died in Casablanca, Morocco, on February 22.

Majda Mjaoual with her Aussie partner Allen McKenna who died suddenly in Morocco. Picture: News Corp Australia

Majda Mjaoual spoke exclusively to News Corp journalist Sophie Elsworth in London. Picture: News Corp Australia

They were living in the affluent North Yorkshire community of Harrogate and were visiting Ms Mjaoual’s home country of Morocco when she went into their bedroom late at night to find him lying in bed and he had turned “blue”.

“He couldn’t breathe and I was assuming he was dying at the moment,” Ms Mjaoual said.

“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.

Moroccan police could not be contacted for comment.

Ms Mjaoual, who had been in a relationship with Mr McKenna for seven years, said she has been heartbroken since his death. Picture: News Corp Australia

Ms Mjaoual said when they first met they had “nothing” and were “living on chicken wings and fries” but 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’s 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.

“I couldn’t eat for a whole week, I literally lost five kilos”.

Ms Mjaoual met Mr McKenna in a London pub where she worked. Picture: News Corp Australia

The couple established several businesses including a micro brewery and security company. Picture: News Corp Australia

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.

Al McKenna’s father Alan Moorhead, 77, is searching for answers about how his son died. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

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.

McKenna Brewery in Bradford, West Yorkshire, has closed. Picture: Picture: News Corp Australia

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”.

Mr McKenna’s brother Paul Gray has pleaded for his brother’s body to be returned home to the UK or Australia. Picture: Matthew Pover

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,” it said.

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”.

Originally published as Girlfriend breaks silence on Australian Allen McKenna’s mystery death in Morocco