2023-05-26 15:18:19
BarcelonaThe head of the court of inquiry number 10 of Valencia has summoned Vinicius to testify following the racist shouts he received in Mestalla. The Madrid player, who will make his intervention by videoconference as a victim, will participate in the trial where the three young people aged between 18 and 21 who were arrested on Tuesday as alleged authors of ‘a hate crime. The trial does not yet have a set date, as the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community has informed in a statement.
The court has opened the procedure after receiving a certificate from the police, which is added to the complaint presented by the League, an entity that has also entered the case as a private prosecution. In the specific case of Vinicius, the court has requested that the Madrid courts enable all the necessary technical means so that the footballer can testify from the Spanish capital and does not have to travel to Valencia. It is the same treatment that has been had with the Brazilian footballer in the case that is also being tried in Mallorca.
They are not the only ordinances. The three under investigation will have to appear in court beforehand and the magistrate has asked Valencia to keep all the audiovisual material it has, through the Mestalla security cameras, from the 72nd minute which is when the incidents At the same time, the police received the images from the League a few days ago – the individual recording of all the cameras that were used to broadcast the game on television – and examined them, including them in the report. Finally, he has also required Valencia to identify the security guards who were at the stadium that day, specifying their location and assigned task, as they can also be called to testify as witnesses.
Appeal reduces the sanction for Valencia from five to three games
On the other hand, this Friday also saw the decision of the Appeals Committee of the Spanish Federation, which partially accepted Valencia’s appeal and reduced the closure of the Kempes stand from five to three games Mestalla stadium.
Initially, the xe club had been sanctioned with five closing matches in this area of the field, where the bulk of the racist insults that Vinicius received allegedly came from. Valencia, despite being partially in the right, will consider submitting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration (TAD).
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