Catalan police chief probed for alleged ‘sedition’
9 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on August 31, 2017 shows Josep Lluis Trapero, chief of the Catalan regional police "Mossos D'Esquadra" giving a press conference in Barcelona on August 31, 2017. A Spanish judge placed Catalonia's regional police chief under judicial investigation for alleged "sedition" over his handling of unrest last month sparked by the region's contested independence drive, a court spokesman said on October 4, 2017. The National Court in Madrid summoned Josep Luis Trapero and three other suspects to a hearing on October 6, 2017 "in a case of sedition," said the spokesman, who asked not to be named. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE
A Spanish judge placed Catalonia's regional police chief under investigation for alleged sedition, a court spokesman said Wednesday, after the force was accused of failing to rein in pro-independence protesters.