Cuba sentences Spaniard to 4 years in car crash

Cuba sentences Spaniard to 4 years in car crash
:18PM EDT October 15. 2012 -

HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban court sentenced a Spanish man to four years in prison for his role in a car crash that killed prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya and another government opponent, authorities announced Monday.

A notice published on state-run website Cubadebate said Angel Carromero Barrios was found guilty of the equivalent of vehicular manslaughter. Prosecutors had sought seven years.

"Considering the gravity of the events, in which the lamentable death of two people resulted as a consequence of Carromero Barrios' imprudent conduct, the tribunal imposed the penalty of four years deprivation of liberty."

It added that both Carromero and prosecutors have the right to appeal.

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