Spanish prosecutors ‘set to demand an extended sentence for Dani Alves’
Spanish prosecutors are set to attraction towards the four-and-a-half yr jail time period handed to former Brazil and Barcelona participant Dani Alves for rape, arguing that it needs to be longer.
The 40-year-old was sentenced final month for the incident in a Spanish nightclub toilet, having been held on remand at Brians 2 Prison close to the Catalan capital since his arrest in January 2023.
During the trial, state prosecutors had expressed a want for a 9 yr jail time period, whereas a lawyer performing for the sufferer demanded a 12 yr sentence.
Judicial sources reported on Friday to AFP (through RFI) that nationwide prosecutors will press for a more durable sentence.
In addition to the 4 and a half yr jail sentence, Alves was additionally handed 5 years’ probation after serving his jail sentence, and ordered to pay the sufferer €150,000 (£128,000) in compensation.
Spanish prosecutors are set to demand an extended jail sentence for former defender Dani Alves
Alves was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in jail after being discovered responsible of rape
Alves, who additionally performed for Seville, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Sao Paulo, insisted that the encounter was consensual, however the courtroom dominated in favour of the girl, who stated Alves had violently compelled her to have intercourse in a personal toilet of the nightclub regardless of her begging him to launch her, inflicting ‘anguish and terror’.
In October 2022, Spain’s parliament handed a legislation requiring specific consent for sexual acts, following calls for from girls’s rights teams and assault survivors.
Immediately following final month’s conviction, Alves’ lawyer Ines Guardiola confirmed exterior courtroom that an attraction could be lodged.
She stated: ‘We are going to attraction the sentence and I nonetheless consider within the innocence of Mr Alves. He’s doing okay.
Residents within the Brazilian state of Bahia are calling for his vandalised statue to be eliminated
‘Obviously four-and-a-half years’ jail is healthier than 9 years or 12 years and I’ve but to learn the total sentence however I’ll attraction.’
Residents in his native Brazilian state of Bahia have known as for his statue in Juazeiro – which has already been vandalised – to be eliminated, whereas Barcelona revoked Alves’ official membership legend standing following the trial, solely to U-turn on the choice.
