Iñaki Urdangarin, son-in-law of King Emeritus Juan Carlos, is freed from corruption conviction

Iñaki Urdangarin He will be free for all purposes next Tuesday, when he completes five years and ten months of the sentence imposed on him for his involvement in a corruption case, although the ex-husband of the Spanish princess Cristina de Bourbondaughter of the king emeritus Juan CarlosYou will not have your criminal record expunged for five years as long as you do not commit crimes again.

Urdangarin was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for the so-called Noos caseDespite Supreme Court He reduced the sentence to five months by acquitting him of falsehood in a public document.

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Once the criminal sentence has expired, the only thing left for the former handball player to complete his reintegration is the erasure of his criminal past for administrative purposes.

The criminal record does not decrease in the eyes of the Justice ministry until after a period of time if another crime is not committed.

In case of former Duke of PalmaAccording to the sentence imposed on him, five years must pass, during which time he will not be able to access certain jobs, be a member of a jury, carry out some voluntary actions or have dogs considered dangerous, among other impediments included in the law.

The end of his sentence comes after the opening of a new stage in Urdangarin’s personal life, who announced his divorce from Cristina de Bourbon last January, after two years of separation, on the eve of their 25th wedding anniversary, when the relationship with Ainhoa ​​​​Armentia.

He lives with her Victory (North of Spain), although the former handball player maintains contact with the infanta through the activities of his four children, as when the girl, Ireneturned 18 last June and saw each other at the celebration in Geneva (Swiss), which was also attended by the kings Juan Carlos It is Sofia.

On June 18, 2018, Urdangarin became the first direct relative of the King of Spain to be arrested after a twelve-year court case that ended with punishment for embezzlement, malfeasance, administration fraudtwo tax crimes It is influence peddling for his role in the Nóos case.

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The women’s prison Brieva (The village) was chosen by b’s former brother-in-law, then residing in Geneva, who was confined to an isolated cell in the female module to carry out his punishment.

In prison, he received a visit from the Infanta, who remained by his side during the time he was behind bars, without predicting what could happen next in their relationship.

In September 2019, the confinement of Iñaki Urdangarin was alleviated by receiving permission to do voluntary work – initially two days a week for eight hours – at the NGO Casa Dom Orionededicated to serving people with disabilities in the Madrid municipality of Pozuelo de Alarcón.

After serving a quarter of his sentence, he took the first four days of prison leave, so he could spend part of the Christmas holidays with his family in Vitória.

In June 2020, he was classified as a second-degree inmate, entitling him to 36 days a year outside of prison, although permits and volunteering were suspended due to the pandemic.

In early January of the following year, Urdangarin was transferred to the Social Insertion Center (CIS) of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) to continue his confinement and undergo the reintegration program for those convicted of economic crimes as a form of ‘rehabilitation’ and to reach the third degree, which he would obtain a few weeks later.

Having the option of looking for a job, in March he left prison again and moved to Álava Zaballawhere I only had to sleep from Monday to Thursday because it was open.

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The job he found at a law firm as a consultant, where he met Armeniaand his good behavior allowed him to not spend the night in prison and only have a weekly check-up.

The last link in her arrest process occurred in March 2022, when the infanta’s ex-husband was released on parole after serving two-thirds of his sentence.

“It’s been very difficult (…) Now I want to build a new future for myself“, said Urdangarin days later on a sports radio program to take stock of his now expiring sentence.

Source: Elcomercio

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