⚖️ Negreira can't stand trial as his Alzheimer's has worsened
⚖️ Negreira can't stand trial as his Alzheimer's has worsened Negreira could avoid going to trial. The forensic doctors who examined him last March 24 concluded that the Alzheimer’s he suffers from makes him unfit to undergo judicial proceedings. The report by the Barcelona Institute of Legal Medicine, obtained by La Vanguardia and El Mundo , describes a “major mixed-type neurocognitive disorder” with a “moderate cognitive deficit.
” The conclusion is clear: Negreira “does not have the volitional and cognitive capacities to understand the scope of the judicial proceedings. ” The forensic experts also point to a “worsening” compared with the last examination, carried out in January 2024. The document, requested by the defense, could help the judge exclude him from the case over alleged sporting corruption involving FC Barcelona.
He remembered nothing This is not the first time they have gone through this process. In October 2023, the forensic experts determined that he was fit, he was questioned by the then-investigating judge Joaquín Aguirre, and he said he remembered nothing. What was recorded, however, was his statement before the Tax Agency in October 2021: he acknowledged having received 7.
3 million euros from Barça between 2001 and 2018 so that referees would be “neutral” toward the club. The investigation is trying to determine whether that money was used to influence referees or to divert funds to third parties. For now, Negreira will not have to answer that question before a court.
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