The First Section of the Provincial Court maintains for next Monday, January 22 in Arrecife, the first session of the oral trial within the framework of the Montecarlo case.
The Court maintains the appointment despite the request of the lawyer Francisco Javier Gordo, defender of Lorenzo Lemaur in the Montecarlo case, who requested on January 9 the suspension of the trial and the request that a new lawyer be assigned to the accused since he could not assume his defense for health reasons. This is stated in the document presented to the First Section of the Provincial Court.
According to a second document presented to the Lanzarote Bar Association, the defense of Lorenzo Lemaur was assigned to Francisco Javier Gordo on December 11 and that same day the lawyer resigned from it for health reasons. In addition, he alleged that since 2021 he cannot perform face-to-face duties due to a health problem.
However, this situation will be resolved during the first session of the oral trial.
Montecarlo Case
This last piece of the Montecarlo case investigates the allegedly illegal payments for services not provided to the company Tunera Producciones. Eleven people will be in the dock accused of the alleged crimes of embezzlement of public funds, fraud against the administration, administrative prevarication and document forgery.
According to the prosecution's indictment, it asks for all of them between three and six years in prison, the payment of fines and the possible return to the City Council of the money allegedly looted from the public coffers of the capital.
Among the accused is José Montelongo (PSOE), former mayor of Arrecife and Councilor for Finance at the time of the events. Next to him will be in the dock the former auditor of Arrecife, Carlos Sáenz.
Meanwhile, the rest of the accused are Eduardo Lasso (PIL), Isabel Martinón (PNL), Víctor Sanginés (PSOE) and the former councilor Lorenzo Lemaur (PP), the businessman and owner of Tunera Producciones Eduardo Ferrer and several City Council workers: José Nieves Caraballo, Miguel Ángel Leal, Blas Antonio Cedrés and Francisco Hernández Betancort.
