The Supreme Court overthrows the acquittal of the 34 defendants in the garbage plot of the 'Brugal case' in Orihuela

The Supreme Court has partially considered the appeal filed by the Prosecutor against the judgment handed down by the Alicante Court that acquitted the 34 defendants in the parent case of the so-called 'Brugal case', in which the alleged irregularities in the award of the contract for waste collection and street cleaning in Orihuela were investigated. Among the defendants were the former mayors of the PP of the Alicante city José Manuel Medina a…

The Supreme Court upholds the prosecution's appeal and orders the Alicante Court to reissue its verdict, including the phone recordings it initially considered null in a case investigating irregularities in the garbage contract tender in Orihuela. The Alicante Court had acquitted the 34 accused in the 'Brugal case' by annulling the phone taps carried out through the SITEL system. The Supreme Court now requires that these recordings cannot be con…

The Supreme Court has partially considered the prosecutor's appeal and has declared valid all the telephone taps agreed in the so-called Brugal case since its inception, as well as the records that the judgment considered null and void. As a result, the acquittals of the 34 defendants in Brugal have been annulled. In addition, the Supreme Court has agreed to return the case to the Provincial Court of Alicante to issue a new judgment, which must …