Overview
- The Tribunal Supremo annulled the Audiencia de Valencia's convictions in the Tele 7 case after finding the previous trial violated the defendants' right of defense and the accusatory principle.
- The ruling also cancels the previous order to make defendants pay about €135,812 in damages and removes subsidiary civil liability for the company involved.
- Both principal convicted figures died before the Supreme Court decision, so the annulment has no practical criminal penalties for them; Arturo Torró was murdered and that homicide remains unsolved.
- Businessman Ricardo Manuel Faura is also exculpated by the court after his heirs continued the appeal to protect civil-law interests.
- The case centers on disputed audiovisual contracts awarded between 2012 and 2015 that the lower court said led to overpayments by the town of Gandia and alleged embezzlement, and the Supreme Court decision raises fresh questions about local accountability and unfinished criminal probes.