Spanish Justice lowered the bail Infanta Cristina – Ambito.com

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    Thursday July 30, 2015
    
         
    

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 The Infanta Cristina and her husband Inaki Urdangarin
   

The Spanish Justice Thursday agreed to significantly reduce the bail imposed on the Infanta Cristina, sister of King Philip VI, the corruption case in which he is charged with her husband.

The bond initially 2.7 million, was reduced to 449,525 euros, according to settled the Second Section of the Court Palma de Mallorca, which partially accepted an appeal by the defense, he considered “disproportionate”. The anti-corruption prosecutor had acceded to the request.

The court thus overturned an earlier decision of the court that the case instructed that the bond calculated on the maximum attributable to the crimes alleged against him grief, ie necessary cooperator of tax fraud committed by her husband, Inaki Urdangarin.

The money from the livestock bail is to ensure payment to the State of the fine if the sister of the king is considered guilty of the crimes alleged against him.

Therefore, the resolution of the Court makes clear that the infant can not be allocated to that end the 587,412.58 euros already deposited the court as security for liability.

In early June, the princess and her husband sold for 6.9 million euros the palace of Pedralbes in Barcelona, ​​which for years was his residence, in order to gain money to pay finance corruption case Nóos Institute, which both are accused.

For Urdangarín have to face a bail request for 13.5 million euros .

The Infanta Cristina, 50, will become the first member of the Spanish royal family to sit before a court-still no date for trial-within the framework of a cause of corruption in the history of democracy.

The investigating judge in the case, Jose Castro, believes that there is sufficient evidence to judge, at least, as a necessary cooperator of tax crimes of her husband.

Especially, after the princess of the money spent conjugal Aizoon company, a ‘screen society “created by Urdangarín to divert public funds misappropriated using its political influence.

When he told the investigating judge, the princess proclaimed his innocence, claiming that “trusted her husband” when signing documents he had and that involved in his criminal dealings.

The corruption scandal was Nóos He joined other tackles that hit the Spanish monarchy and would have been one of the triggers of the abdication of King Juan Carlos in favor of his son Philip in June 2014

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