A. Civil guard of Alicante A person who was accused of a crime and was to be tried last week by a popular jury crime of embezzlement of public funds avoided oral hearing by consent agreement and agreed to serve prison time five months imprisonment And ten months disqualification for wasting money in the game room 9,000 euros Person who intervened in an anti-drug operation in 2020. The agent, who was convicted by the Court after this agreement, had a gambling problem at the time of the events and was discharged after receiving treatment.
The prosecutor’s office asked him initially a punishment one year and eleven months in prison and a five-year ban from public employment, but lawyer from people, Miguel Angel Monserrat GandolfoIn addition to the punishment of five months imprisonment and ten months disqualification, he reached an agreement with the Public Ministry not to object to the postponement of the execution of the sentence for two years. Since the prosecutor returned, he considered repairing the damage Money spent in eight hours on roulette and incomplete defense of abnormality or psychic change due to his gambling addiction.
This was also reflected in the Court’s decision, which sentenced him to five months in prison for embezzlement of public funds. The events subject to the accusation accepted by the defendant, August 2020, He was already receiving treatment for gambling problems.
The civil guard was assigned to the Judicial Police Organic Unit of the Alicante Command and was sent to the Murcian town with a colleague. Molina de Segura on some occasion anti-drug operation. On August 4, the Civil Guard conducted a visual inspection of a truck with Portuguese license plates and intervened in the driver’s cabin. twelve bags of marijuana and 9,000 euros On 20 and 50 euro banknotes.
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The drugs and money remained in the custody of the accused agent until he was brought to justice, despite the fact that he had no orders to that effect from his superior.
After the intervention against Molina de Segura, the civil guards returned to Alicante around 02:00 the next day. “with the intention of enriching”, took 9 thousand euros from the intervention and moved to the game room premises on Portugal Street in Alicante. He was there from 2:13 in the morning until 12 at night. He started playing roulette with the money from the anti-drug operation, betting the stolen 9 thousand euros and I lost everything. He later left the organization and was discovered and reported at Headquarters as he had lost 9,000 euros and had no more money to replace it. He was able to deliver the drugs but not the money due to his gambling problems.
The defendant was victimized Impaired impulse control due to gambling partially affected its imputability according to the eligibility decision. A trial with a popular jury was scheduled for last week in the Alicante Court, but the parties signed the agreement in which the agent pleaded guilty. Before signing the contract, the defendant, who also attended the court to sign the contract, deposited 9 thousand euros into the court account, which he arranged to be delivered to the General Directorate of Security.