British woman fined for inventing injuries inflicted by MP at animal shelter
Friday, February 6, 2015 @ 7:41 PM
A JUDGE has acquitted an MP of accusations of punching a British expat and leaving her with hearing problems after the ‘victim’ was found to have largely invented the story.
Eliza Díaz, daughter of former Alicante mayor Luis Díaz Alperi, was facing an 18-month jail term after Jasmine Lyons claimed she suffered a perforated eardrum caused by the PP leader’s having hit her.
Sra Díaz, however, said Ms Lyons hit her repeatedly and without provocation.
This has been proven by medical reports, and Lyons has been ordered to pay a fine of €800 for actual bodily harm and for perjury, false accusations and simulating a crime, plus €150 in compensation to the MP.
A judge at the regional high court of Valencia heard that the MP, who helps out at an animal sanctuary in Orihuela (Alicante province) reprimanded Ms Lyons when she and her daughter entered the shelter office leading two aggressive dogs, which they allowed to attack other canines.
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