Torrevieja Court has NOT Reopened Carnival Parade Proceedings

The Court of Instruction number 2 of Torrevieja has not reopened previous proceedings in relation to a complaint from the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers for a parade of minors in the carnival parade, contrary to what has been reported in recent days.

As clarified by the Valencian TSJ, this court does not currently have any case related to these events nor has it therefore summoned complainants, investigators or witnesses to testify between the 28th and 30th of this month of May, as reports indicate.

The complaint of that organisation for the parade of minors of a carnival troupe held in Torrevieja on February 5 fell at the time to another judicial body: the Court of Instruction number 1 of the city.

That Court ordered the archiving of the proceedings in an order dated March 1, understanding that the perpetration of the reported crimes had not been duly justified.

This is why any decision that is related to the same reported facts, such as a hypothetical reopening of the case, can only be adopted by the Investigative Court 1 of Torrevieja, as the judicial body with jurisdiction over the matter explain.

For their part, the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers explained this they had become confused in the procedure and reopened proceedings in relation to a girls’ parade, because, in reality, the case which had been reopened was in fact in relation to a robbery in a chapel, and nothing to do with Torrevieja carnival. These are two cases that also correspond to different courts.