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Article: Spain's female Wyatt Earp in the dock: Marbella's anti-corruption judge has made enemies on the Costa del Crime. Phil Davison reports
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 14, 1994
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FOR Blanca Esther Diez, a 31- year-old judge from Marbella,
tomorrow's will be her toughest case and the outcome is out of her
hands. The judge will be in the dock, challenged by a system she has
fought to prove is riddled with corruption.
Formally, she is charged with dereliction of duty and revealing
details of a case. If found guilty, she would be the first judge
condemned on such charges in Spain's modern history. That could mean
two months in jail, suspension for three years and a fine of 100
million pesetas (nearly pounds 500,000 ). Her Marbella home has
already been 'embargoed' - held as collateral - to cover the possible
costs of the trial.
Effectively, someone is trying to run her ...