A Spanish court banned the brother of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from holding public office for nine years on Tuesday after convicting him in a case involving a public-sector job allegedly created for his benefit, Report informs via Euronews.
David Sánchez was convicted by a court in Badajoz in the western Extremadura region of administrative misconduct but was cleared of influence peddling, which could have resulted in a prison sentence.
In its ruling, the court said he was guilty as a necessary accomplice in the unlawful creation of the position and imposed a nine-year ban on holding public office and exercising voting rights.
The court found that the position of coordinator of music conservatories in the province of Badajoz was "neither necessary nor urgent" and had been created "to serve the private interest of its recipient and not the public interest."