The Prosecutor's Office investigates whether Pablo Iglesias insulted the judge of the 'Dina case'

MADRID, 7 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Madrid Prosecutor's Office is investigating whether the former Second Vice President of the Government and former leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, committed a crime of libel against the judge in charge of the so-called 'Dina case', Manuel García Castellón, by calling him "prevaricator" and "mediocre" the last april.

Fiscal sources have confirmed to Europa Press that the Madrid Prosecutor's Office received last week from the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) a letter that collects the facts to determine whether or not they constitute an alleged crime of libel or slander. So far neither a decision has been adopted nor have proceedings been carried out, according to the sources consulted.

The same sources have specified that from the FGE, directed by Dolores Delgado, the communication was sent to the Madrid delegation, considering that it is the competent one to study the case, since it is where García Castellón, head of the Central Court of Instruction, provides service. Number 6 of the National High Court, as published by El Mundo.

This judge was in charge of the so-called 'Dina case', which is piece number 10 of the 'Villarejo case', where the route that the telephone card had since Dina Bousselham -former adviser to Iglesias- was robbed of her mobile in a shopping center in 2015 until part of its content was published in the press.

The statements by Iglesias that the Madrid Prosecutor's Office now has on the table took place on April 19 in the framework of the presentation of his book, edited by the journalist Aitor Riveiro, about several interviews with the former leader of Podemos, as published The confidential.

The former vice president assured that the magistrate had not achieved his goal of ending him. "History has to settle whether he goes down in history as a mediocre judge, which is what a good part of his colleagues think due to the weakness of his instructions and the different answers he obtained, or if, on the contrary, he goes down in history as a prevaricator," Iglesias said.

Now, the Public Ministry will decide whether or not said words constitute a crime against the investigating judge.