Urdangarin’s lawyer, at the prosecutor’s request: “It seems a crime … – The Newspaper

Urdangarin's lawyer, at the prosecutor's request: "It seems a crime … – The Newspaper

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 – 12.14 h

Iñaki Urdangarin’s lawyer, Mario Pascual Vives, in the City of Justice in Barcelona on March 22.

The lawyer of Iñaki Urdangarin you think “very high” Worth the prosecutor asked for his client for the deviation of 5.9 million of public funds. “It seems to be a violent crime, right? Like a murder, right?” He blurted Mario Pascual Vives when asked by reporters at the doors of his office at Barcelona , on the prosecutor’s request.

To the Duke of Palma, the prosecutor Pedro Horrach requests 19 and a half years in prison for tax fraud , money laundering and other crimes of corruption , plus 3.5 million euros of fine .

Pascual Vives considered too high penalty minutes before it was known in detail, since it was already known that the prosecutor would ask for between 15 and 20 years for Urdangarin. The lawyer has avoided specifying whether they will seek a pact with the tax paying money allegedly defrauded, but has admitted that the financial situation of the Duke, “unfortunately” has not changed, so you could not afford to pay them.

On the prosecutor’s decision to exculpate the Infanta Cristina , Urdangarin’s lawyer has said it is an issue that, as a lawyer, not competence. “But I personally have my own opinion, as you can imagine,” he noted.