Spain’s Princess Cristina acquitted in fraud case, husband jailed for six years

‘The sister of the Spanish king has been acquitted of being an accessory to tax fraud at the end of a landmark trial which saw Princess Cristina’s husband sentenced to over six years in prison on charges including fraud, tax evasion and embezzlement.
Despite being acquitted, the princess was charged €265,000 for ‘civil liability’ – a more lenient punishment than the potential sentence of up to eight years if found guilty. Her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, must also pay a €500,000 fine.
King Felipe’s 51-year-old sister and her husband were among 18 defendants in the year-long trial following a probe into the Noos Institute, a not-for-profit charity run by Urdangarin.’
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