Madrid, Dec 12 (EFE).- PP senator José Manuel Baltar Blanco did not appear this Tuesday in the Supreme Court that had summoned him to testify voluntarily in the framework of the case opened for driving an official car 215 kilometers away. per hour last April in a section limited to 120.
Legal sources have informed EFE that Baltar has sent a letter to the High Court in which he asks to postpone his statement because his lawyer is ill.
This is the reason that has been conveyed to Judge Ana María Ferrer, who had planned to carry out this procedure before requesting, where appropriate, a request from the Upper House.
The Supreme Court opened a case against Baltar, former president of the Ourense Provincial Council, finding that he may have committed a crime against road safety when last April he was traveling at 215 kilometers per hour on a section of the A-52 highway. at the height of the Zamora region of Sanabria, limited to 120.
On September 27, the Criminal Chamber received testimony of a quick trial and urgent proceedings sent by the courts of Zamora and Puebla de Sanabria due to Baltar’s arrest when he was appointed senator.
Initially, Baltar was going to be examined in the Investigative Court of Puebla de Sanabria through a quick trial, but on the first occasion it was suspended due to the non-appearance of his lawyer and the second time because he refused to comply with the penalties of the Prosecutor’s Office (1,800 euros in fine and the ban from driving for a year) upon understanding that he had not committed a crime, so the case was handed over to the Criminal Court of Zamora.
Once appointed senator by the Parliament of Galicia, the Criminal Court number 1 of Zamora agreed to inhibit and refer the proceedings in favor of the Supreme Court. EFE
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2023-12-12 11:24:58
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