Overview
- The 95-year-old former Catalan president was released Friday from Barcelona’s Clínica Sagrada Família and will continue treatment at home after pneumonia.
- Court-appointed forensics reported a mixed major neurocognitive disorder and said he lacks the ability to attend trial or defend himself autonomously.
- His lawyer asked the Audiencia Nacional to archive the case under Criminal Procedure Law article 383 due to dementia diagnosed after the alleged crimes, pledging not to appeal the court’s decision.
- Despite the report, judges have summoned a videoconference for Monday, Nov. 24, to see him and hear the experts before deciding on sobreseimiento or accommodations.
- The Anticorruption Prosecutor seeks nine years in prison for Pujol in the Andorra funds case, with proceedings against his relatives and other defendants scheduled to open the same day.