Catalonia:12 separatist leaders sentenced to 9-13-year terms Including Junqueras. Charges of sedition, not rebellion

(ANSAmed) - ROME, OCTOBER 14 - Twelve Catalan separatist leaders were sentenced to jail terms ranging between nine and 13 years by the Spanish Supreme Court, Spanish and international media, including El Pais, reported on Monday. They include former deputy premier Oriol Junqueras. The defendants were recognized guilty of charges of 'sedition' and 'misappropriation'. They were not reportedly convicted on the most serious charge, 'rebellion', for which prosecutors had requested a 25-year sentence.



Nine of the 12 defendants, who were already in preventive custody, were sentenced to jail terms: along with Junqueras, the former speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Carmen Forcadell separatist leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, former Catalan ministers Dolors Bassa, Joaquim Forn, Raul Romeva, Jordi Turull and Josep Rull. The other three defendants, who are free, Carles Mundo, Meritxell Borràs and Santi Vila, were sentenced to pay 'fines'. The ruling ends a two-year-long trial, which started exactly two years ago, with 52 hearings that were livestreamed.



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