Post date: Aug 06, 2013 7:13:54 PM
Spanish paedophile Daniel Galvan Vina might be able to serve his sentence in Spain, according to Spanish Justice Ministry.
MADRID, SPAIN (AUGUST 6, 2013) (REUTERS) - Spain's Justice Ministry on Tuesday (August 6) said the crimes of the Spanish paedophile whose pardon was revoked by Morocco's king could not go unpunished and suggested the possibility that Daniel Galvan Vina could serve his sentence in Spain.
"We cannot allow by any means that grave acts go unpunished," Angel Llorente, Spanish Justice Ministry's Director of International Judicial Cooperation said after meeting senior officials of theMoroccan Justice Ministry. "That is the main reason for the meeting we have had with the Moroccans, because they fundamentally want to have information and knowledge about Spanish legislation over the matter," he added.Galvan Vina, who was serving a 30-year sentence in Morocco and was among 48 jailed Spaniards pardoned on the occasion of Morocco's Throne Day in what Spain said was a mix-up, was arrested in the south-eastern region of Murcia.
Spain's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs said Spain had drawn up one list of prisoners to be pardoned and another of prisoners to be transferred to Spain. Morocco then pardoned all the people named on the two lists, according to Gonzalo De Benito, secretary of state for foreign affairs.
The pardon was revoked by King Mohamed VI on Sunday following a protest in front of parliament on Friday (August 2) over the decision to release Galvan, who had raped and filmed at least 11 children aged between four and 15.
Morocco's royal palace said it had fired prisons chief Hafid Ben Hachem, one of the oldest figures in the Moroccan regime who had served King Mohamed VI and his father Hassan II.
On Tuesday Llorente said that Galvan Vina could serve his sentence in Spain.
"It's in Spain's interest to ensure the law is obeyed. This person, in the same way as other Spaniards, according to agreements because he is a Spanish national, has the right to fulfil his sentence in Spain, for humanitarian reasons, under other conditions," he said.
Morocco is looking to file an extradition request. Spain and Morocco do not have an extradition agreement for their nationals.