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Catalan police chief in court accused of sedition
9 years agoJosep Luis Trapero (R), chief of the Catalan police Mossos d'Esquadra who is under investigation for sedition, arrives to the High Court in Madrid on October 6, 2017. Spain's government has defiantly rejected calls for mediation over Catalonia's push for independence as the two factions headed towards another showdown. The courts placed Catalonia's regional police chief Trapero and three other suspects under investigation for an alleged "crime of sedition". / AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO
Catalonia's police chief appeared in court in Madrid on Friday to answer accusations of sedition over his handling of unrest last month sparked by the region's contested independence drive.