ANC leader's 'fed up' cellmate asks to move: “He keeps banging on about independence”
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 @ 12:49 AM
CATALUNYA National Assembly (ANC) leader Jordi Sànchez's prison cellmate has asked to move as he is 'fed up' with the campaigner 'banging on about independence'.
Sànchez, who, along with Òmnium Cultural leader Jordi Cuixart, was arrested for inflaming a protest and 'blocking the Guardia Civil' during a raid on Catalunya's regional Parliament, is being held at Madrid's Soto del Real jail – the same one where former PP treasurer Luis Bárcenas spent 19 months during investigations into his multi-million slush fund.
The ANC leader was assigned a 'buddy' once remanded in custody – a prisoner with a record for good behaviour who is placed in a cell with new arrivals to keep them on an even keel.
But Sànchez's companion said he 'couldn't take it any more' and has asked to be moved – a request which has been accepted.
He said the separatist's 'constant banging on about independence' made him feel as though he was 'serving a double sentence', and he considers that being in prison is quite enough punishment for his offences.
Sànchez has already asked to be moved from his current prison block after an inmate shouted to him, “¡Viva España!”
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