According to legal sources, the Public Ministry is already preparing the appeal against the Barcelona court ruling.
The Public Prosecutor's Office will appeal the ruling that sentenced the former player to four and a half years in prison. Barcelona Daniel Alves Charged with sexually assaulting a young woman in the bathroom of a Sutton nightclub Barcelona So the mitigating excuse is canceled and the prison sentence is increased.
According to legal sources, the Public Ministry is already preparing an appeal against the ruling Barcelona hearingWhich imposed a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence on the football player by applying mitigating circumstances to compensate for damages of more than $150,000, which he handed over to the court to compensate the victim in the event of conviction.
This mitigating agent allowed for damage repair Barcelona court reduces the Brazilian footballer's sentence to four years And a half in prison — the minimum for sexual assault under applicable law when the events occurred was four — was one of the key elements the district attorney's office will challenge in its appeal.
Indeed, during the trial, both the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Special Prosecution opposed the application of this mitigating measure by concluding that it was an amount set by the investigating judge as bail for the defendants. Elvis When he processed it – under a prohibition notice -, although the defense later requested on several occasions that it be handed over to the victim, who did not accept it.
Another argument for these accusations is that app The football player's extenuating circumstance because he posted more than $150,000 in bail may be discriminatoryBecause it represents an advantage for the factory due to its great economic capacity.
The private prosecution brought by the victim also plans to appeal the conviction, as does the defence, which will once again insist on seeking the acquittal of the footballer because it asserts that he had consensual sexual relations with the complainant.