Jordi Turull is appearing in court facing potential rebellion charge that has 30-year maximum sentenceCatalonia’s latest presidential candidate is to appear in court hours after the region’s most hardline pro-independence party scuppered his first attempt to be elected by abstaining from an investiture debate.
Jordi Turull and five other separatist leaders occupy been summoned to the supreme court in Madrid on Friday to learn what action they will face over their roles in final year’s unilateral referendum and subsequent declaration of independence.
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Source: guardian.co.uk