A woman has become the first person in Spain to face a prison sentence in connection with a long-running scandal over the theft of thousands of babies. Rather than being accused of stealing any children, Ascensión López, 53, was sentenced to five months jail by a court in Almeria, southern Spain, for “making accusations without proof” against a nun, Sister Dolores Baena. Ms López, a disabled mother of two, cannot pay the fine of €43,000. A campaign has begun to raise the money to save her from jail. So far nobody has been held accountable for the scandal in which thousands of Spanish children were allegedly stolen from their real parents for a variety of reasons from the 1950s…

Source: The Times November 16, 2017 12:06 UTC