The Official College of Podiatrists of the Canary Islands has published this Thursday the final judgment that condemns the British citizen K.D. to the penalty of "6 months in prison, and special disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the time of the sentence", as well as to take charge of "the costs of the procedure", after it was proven that she practiced as a podiatrist in Lanzarote without having the qualification.
The sentence includes as proven facts that the accused, of British origin, without a criminal record, "knowing that she was not in possession of a degree." Since April 2018, she had been advertising on different web pages "offering to perform functions typical of a podiatrist without the requirements legally required by Spanish legislation."
Some of the techniques that she advertised to perform were those of the podiatrist profession, such as "diagnosis and treatment of fungi and warts on the feet."
The sentence to which she has been sentenced corresponds to that requested by the Public Prosecutor during the oral trial. The defense showed its agreement and the accused "acknowledged the facts for which she was being accused, and stated that she agreed with the accusation made and with the penalties requested, accepting them freely and voluntarily." Both the accused and the College of Podiatrists of the Canary Islands, as plaintiff, expressed their intention not to appeal the sentence, so it was declared final in said act.
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