Spanish justice decides to keep Dani Alves in preventive detention without bail

Dani Alves’ defense suffered a severe setback on Tuesday after the Barcelona court, which was to reassess the Brazilian footballer’s provisional release, decided to keep him in pre-trial detention without bail .

Thus, the magistrates of the third section of the Barcelona court rejected the athlete’s appeal against the decision of the investigating judge in the case that sent him to prison on January 22, entering Brians prison 2.

According to the resolution, both the Office of the Prosecutor and the defense of the alleged victim, there is still a “high risk of flight” from the player due to his “inflated economic capacity”, which would allow him to “leave Spain at any time ”.

In addition, other factors add to this risk of absconding, in particular the heavy sentence that could be imposed in the event that the courts determine that Alves is guilty, in particular because of the incriminating evidence which does not only come from of the plaintiff’s version, but also come from other witnesses, medical, forensic and scientific evidence.

According to the Court, “nothing would prevent” Dani Alves from leaving the country by “air or sea or even land without papers”, with the aim of reaching Brazil, knowing that once there, he could not be returned to Spain because there is no extradition treaty between the two countries .

Another of the measures that were rejected by the magistrates was the use of an electronic bracelet proposed by Alves’ defense as a measure to “neutralize the risk of absconding”. However, the Court determined that these devices “are not intended to geolocate” the person wearing them, but rather to “protect the victim” to prevent restraining orders from being violated .

On the other hand, they indicated that the investigation into the case is already “virtually complete” a month after Alves’ admission, so it is likely that the preventive detention will end in a short time, although that it is not yet clear on what date the trial will be held.

Thus, the former Barcelona player will be kept in detention for a “reasonable period” without reaching “the legally established maximum”, a situation that justifies the precautionary measure.

During this trial, Dani Alves’ defense attorney, Cristóbal Martell, pointed out that his client “always so innocent ” as he was before the Court decided to leave him in preventive detention and insisted that the player never intended to leave Spain and escape justice.

This was reflected in a statement sent to EFE where Martell criticized the resolution of the third section of the Barcelona court. The defense points out that “su the will to leave Spain and avoid the process is and was non-existent” and that the player “continues to be as innocent as he was before the publication of the resolution ”.

For the lawyer, the decision of the Hearing “is asymmetrical”, since “he uses as evidence the indictments proposed by the police report and, on the other hand, the elements of defense proposed by the defense differ for the trial. oral”.