A Brooklyn Housing Court judge yesterday slammed a coldhearted Grinch who is trying to get his ex-wife and their kids evicted from their apartment, even though the jerk can’t live there himself.
As The Post reported exclusively yesterday, convicted drug dealer Ahmed Elgheur, 47, is currently locked up and will soon be deported to his native Morocco for immigration fraud. But he wants to get ex-wife Bajia Elmourabit, 47, and their teenage son and daughter tossed from the rent-stabilized Ocean Parkway apartment so his 27-year-old girlfriend can move in.
“If he doesn’t have the ability to return, why shouldn’t the kids be able to live there?” thundered Judge Bruce Scheckowitz. “Because he doesn’t want the ex-wife in there. That’s what this is all about.”
Elgheur’s attorney conceded the point.
“I’ve never hidden that fact from you, your honor,” said Michael Cheatham.
Scheckowitz previously ruled that Elmourabit has no right to the apartment, but is now considering whether her 19-year-old son could take over the lease, enabling the family to stay.
Elmourabit can’t understand why she might be forced out, even though she paid the rent alone for years while her ex was in prison.
“He’s getting deported. Why are we still here?” she said outside court. “What kind of law is this? The judge should have dismissed it just now.”
Both sides will be back in court Jan. 10.