Mayor of Almuñecar given a 28 month prison sentence

Mayor of Almuñecar given a 28 month prison sentence
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By h.b. - Jun 28, 2009 - 3:49 PM
Juan Carlos Benavides was found guilty of changing the locks and cutting the power to the local television station

Juan Carlos Benavides -EFE archive

The Mayor of Almuñecar, Juan Carlos Benavides, who is now of the Convergencia Andaluza party, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison on a charge of coercion.

The Penal Court in Motril considered it proven that the Mayor changed the locks and cut the power to the local television station, and also ordered that he be prohibited from holding any public office for the same 28 month period.

La Opinión de Granada reports that the case dates back to January 2004, when the TV station broadcast from a floor in the Casa de la Cultura building in the town. It seems the Mayor gave the order to change the locks and cut the power without any previous notification to the company granted the concession to broadcasts, Medios Informativos Costa Tropical SL.

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