After nearly six years of investigations, forty people are due to stand trial in part one of the so-called Gürtel corruption case, a scandal relating to a kickbacks-for-contracts scheme including, amongst others, a former PP Party Treasurer and an ex-Minister.
Judge rules that Messi must stand trial
Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi is set to face trial for alleged tax evasion, according to a ruling by a Spanish judge.
Trial and error
…Terry was asked to repeat the evidence that he had been sent off four times in his career, so the court could hear him. “Can you say, please, four times?” asked his QC, George Carter-Stephenson. “Please, please, please, please,” Terry responded.
Garzon barred from office for 11 years
The Supreme Court has found judge Baltasar Garzon guilty of authorising illegal recordings of lawyers’ conversations and he has been banned from the legal profession for 11 years with no appeal possible against the ruling.
Trial starts of man accused of killing Cecilia Coria
The man accused of killing Cecilia Coria on the Balcon de Europa on September 28th 2008 has been in court and has apologised for the killing and asked for forgiveness from the family.
Ronda police officers go on trial
The trial is scheduled to start today of nine people from Ronda, five of them police officers, on charges of bribery, corruption, failure to prosecute crimes and fraud.