Inside the Spanish jail Dani Alves resides in after sentencing

Footballer Dani Alves has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after being convicted of raping a girl at a Spanish nightclub.

On Thursday, the previous Brazil worldwide was discovered responsible of sexually assaulting a girl within the lavatory of an upscale Barcelona nightclub on December 31, 2022. 

The 40-year-old father-of-two had been held on remand at Brians 2 jail close to the Catalan capital since his arrest in January final 12 months and now faces his first evening behind bars as a convicted intercourse offender.

According to MARCA, Alves can even share the jail with a Brazilian, often known as Coutinho, who was a bodyguard for former Barcelona participant Ronaldinho and was convicted of sexual assault. 

The Brians 2 jail is identical institute the place antivirus software program pioneer John McAfee was held earlier than his eventual loss of life in 2021. 

Former Barcelona defender Dani Alves has been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in jail after being discovered responsible of rape

The 40-year-old has been held on remand at Brians 2 jail close to the Catalan capital

The Brians 2 jail complicated was in-built 2007 to alleviate overcrowding in prisons

The Brians 2 jail complicated, considered from above, additionally housed the mastermind behind one of many nation’s largest scheme in addition to a former Barcelona president

McAfee was going through 10 counts of tax evasion in Tennessee and 7 counts of fraud and cash laundering conspiracy in New York when he was discovered useless in a Spanish jail.

The jail, the place McAfee was despatched in October 2020 after he was caught touring via an airport in Barcelona, is a boxy, cement, low-slung complicated with a inexperienced roof, in accordance with images. 

Pictures present the institute’s naked furnishings, empty halls and simplistic design, which Alves should get accustomed to over the following 4 and a half years. 

McAfee had in contrast Brians 2 to ‘the Hilton’ when in comparison with U.S. prisons. However, he nonetheless complained concerning the meals in tweets that he posted on the time.

Just weeks after McAfee’s arrest, the Spanish newspaper El Diario reported that McAfee was impressed by the construction of the nation’s felony justice system and in contrast it to five-star lodge within the US, in accordance with a letter that he wrote his spouse.

‘Life in Spanish prisons is just like the Hilton in comparison with the abject surrealism and dehumanization of American prisons,’ he wrote. ‘Here I’m handled as a human being as an alternative of a quantity.’ 

With a capability for 1,500 inmates, the jail opened in 2007 because the Department of Justice tackled overcrowding at different penitentiaries. 

Antivirus software program pioneer John McAfee was held in the identical jail earlier than his loss of life in 2021

lves can even share the jail with a Brazilian, often known as Coutinho, who was a bodyguard for former Barcelona participant Ronaldinho (pictured)

McAfee appeared through videoconference throughout his extradition listening to at Audiencia Nacional courtroom, in Madrid, Spain

McAfee, earlier than his loss of life, stated the Spanish jail the place he was staying was like a luxurious lodge in comparison with American prisons 

There have been examples of violence within the jail, too, together with a extremely publicized brutal inmate-on-inmate homicide shortly earlier than McAfee was arrested. 

The sufferer, who had been jailed for coercing minors and disabled people into performing intercourse work and gender violence, was listening to music on an MP3 participant when the prisoner caught him off guard and plunged a knife 29 occasions into his neck, chest and stomach.

In April 2020, a 27-year-old man, who was identified with psychological issues, apparently skilled a manic bout and attacked inmates and jail workers earlier than he was restrained by jail guards.

The detainee, who was serving a 32-month sentence for larceny and gender violence, was immobilized by correction officers and stopped respiratory.

The prisoner at one level stopped respiratory and was declared useless by paramedics.

Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, who was arrested for cash laundering earlier than he was acquitted by a courtroom over lack of proof, spent a part of his 20-month jail keep at Brians 2.

And Fèlix Millet, the previous president of Barcelona’s Palau de la Música live performance corridor who masterminded one of many largest schemes that introduced in 23-million euros, was serving a nine-year eight-month sentence in Brians 2. He died of a stroke in March 2023, on the age of 87.

Alves, in the meantime, protested his innocence on February 7 after taking the stand on the final day of his three-day trial at Barcelona’s Audiencia Provincial courtroom. 

Prosecutors had been pushing for a 12-year sentence for the 40-year-old Brazilian after being convicted of raping a girls at a Spanish nightclub in 2022

The household of Dani Alves are seen leaving the courtroom throughout the trial earlier this month – together with ex-wife Joana Sanz (center left) and mom Lucia (center proper

He admitted to having intercourse in a rest room at upmarket Barcelona nightclub Sutton December 30 2022 together with his 23-year-old feminine accuser, however insisted it was consensual. 

The lady he was at present discovered responsible of raping confirmed Alves had compelled himself on her when she gave her proof in courtroom behind her display screen.

A pal who was along with her the evening of the rape broke down in tears as she recalled how the sufferer was ‘crying uncontrollably’ after leaving the small lavatory the place the incident occured.

State prosecutors had demanded a 9 12 months jail sentence if Alves was convicted and a non-public prosecutor performing for the sufferer demanded a 12-year jail time period at his trial.