MADRID: Spanish prosecutors said Monday they have asked that the six-year jail term given to the king’s brother-in-law for graft be increased to 10 years, reviving a case that has shamed the royals. However, prosecutors on appeal want the Supreme Court to add a new conviction for embezzlement of public funds, and raise his jail terms for his corruption, fraud and embezzlement convictions, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. If the appeal is successful “the prison term will be extended by three years and seven months”, the statement said. “That supposes a maximum of ten years in prison.”Urdangarin, 49, is also appealing the sentence, as are five other parties in the so-called Noos case, to the country’s Supreme Court. Prosecutors had initially sought a jail term of 19 years and six months for Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball player.

Source: Manila Times July 03, 2017 21:45 UTC