A woman is sentenced to three years in prison for protecting a street vendor from the police
- In August 2023, on Bilbao’s Gran Vía, a local police officer demands a three-year prison sentence on the woman who confronted the police in defense of a street vendor. A video calls into question the police story.
The trial against the woman will take place on June 3 in the Criminal Court No. 3 of Bilbao, according to Naiz. The particular indictment accuses him of attacking and inflicting injuries on the police officer, one of the local police officers who participated in the events. The prosecutor demands a one-year prison sentence for the woman.
In a police operation against the sale of streets, two local police officers attacked a counselor on August 9, 2023 at about 20:45. The accused woman reproached the police for their attitude and tried to help the salesman, who was arrested after several spins of shootings.
The following day, the union of the Ministry of the Interior issued a message saying that a local police officer had suffered an attack "while doing his job in compliance with the regulations" and had to be taken to the hospital. The City Council joined the version of Esan. He stated that the woman had been arrested and that, as a result of a kick in the officer ' s head, the local police officer had to be treated in the cranio-trauma hospital. The mayor, Juan Mari Aburto, conveyed "the maximum support and solidarity" to the agent and "the maximum rejection" to the woman.
Trial on June 3
The trial will take place in the Criminal Court No. 3 of Bilbao. The Public Prosecutor ' s Office responsible for the investigation of the incident had accepted the version of the indictment and had stressed the damage suffered, but had reduced the three-year and three-month prison sentence it required and increased the compensation for damages amounting to Euro3,375. The prosecutor also believes that the woman committed the crimes of assault and injury, for which she is sentenced to one year in prison and fines of 2,280 euros, as well as the payment of compensation of 2,140 euros to both agents.
Facts in doubt
A video of what happened, however, casts doubt on the official version. As can be seen from the images, the defendant appears to rebuke the agents to prevent them from using violence, but no head injury is observed. The following morning the woman made her statement to the Custody Court, and the judge challenged the fact that the local police had kept the citizen overnight at the police station.
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