The prosecutor's office will appeal Dani Alves' conviction to withdraw the mitigating circumstances of the restitution award and increase his prison sentence.

The State Attorney's Office will appeal against the conviction of soccer player Dani Alves Four and a half years imprisonment A petition should be filed in court for sexual assault Remove repair damping Added damages because defendant deposited 150,000 euros as compensation before trial.

Sources from the prosecutor's office explained on Friday Read the arguments The basic aspect of the specifics of the appeal presented and the brief is to argue that the 150,000 euros deposit should not be considered as compensation for damages and not mitigating circumstances.

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In the judgment, the Barcelona court included a mitigating figure for this situation, so the penalty range imposed on the footballer was four to eight years.

On the other hand, the defense said that this bail would be considered as a very deserving mitigating circumstance. The punishment limit would have been reduced The court ruled that he could be jailed for two to four years.

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In its appeal, Alves' defense will again choose this option and consult with judicial sources. Europa Press In the appeal to clarify the sentence he asked to add to the facts proved The player was drunkThis could be another mitigating factor.

This type of appeal serves to correct formal features or errors in the sentence, before the contentious appeal, and judicial sources indicate that the court has already responded to Alves's argument and refused to change the proven facts based on it. This appeals to clarity because its function is not to appeal to the content but to the form of the sentence.

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