Catalan separatist leaders to get up to 15 years in jail: judicial source

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FILE PHOTO: People hold a giant “Estelada” (Catalan separatist flag) at a rally during Catalonia’s national day ‘La Diada’ in Barcelona, Spain, September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea

October 12, 2019

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court plans to sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017 bid for independence, a judicial source said on Saturday.

Some of the Catalan leaders on trial would be found guilty of charges of sedition and misuse of public funds but not of the more severe charge of rebellion, the source told Reuters.

The verdict is expected to be made public next week, most likely on Monday, the source said.

A Supreme Court spokeswoman declined to comment.

The public prosecutor had sought the longest prison term, 25 years, for Oriol Junqueras, former deputy leader of the Catalan regional government. But the court plans to sentence him to 13-15 years in jail, the judicial source said.

Major Spanish newspapers including El Pais, La Vanguardia and El Mundo have published similar information about the sentence, also citing sources.

(Reporting by Madrid newsroom, Writing by Joan Faus; Editing by Ingrid Melander and Angus MacSwan)

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