Overview
- The court has tasked its Clínica Médico Forense with an expert evaluation to determine Pujol’s capacity to stand trial and the conditions of his participation.
- Pujol’s defense submitted three reports detailing his physical and cognitive state, and he has refused to seek exclusion for “supervening dementia” because he wants to testify.
- The trial is set to open on 24 November at the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid in a long-running case tied to a family fortune concealed in Andorra.
- Prosecutors are seeking nine years in prison for Pujol and between eight and 29 years for his seven children on charges including illicit association, money laundering, tax offenses, and document falsification.
- The defense has requested that Pujol be allowed to follow proceedings and, if necessary, testify by videoconference, a question the court will address after the medical review.