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Lawyer Joan Piqué Vidal, who defended in Banca Catalana case, dies at 93
Joan Piqué Vidal, a lawyer from Barcelona, died on October 7 in Castelldefels, near Barcelona, aged 93.
His funeral was held there on Saturday.
He became prominent in the 1980s through his work in the Banca Catalana case, which involved former Catalan leader Jordi Pujol.
Pujol was never put on trial in that case.
Piqué Vidal later said he was not technically Pujol’s lawyer, but had defended other bank executives and advised Pujol not to have a lawyer or court representative at that stage.
In 2005, Piqué Vidal was sentenced to seven years in prison for extorting businesspeople alongside former judge Lluís Pascual Estevill.
The sentence concerned crimes committed in the early 1990s, including bribery, unlawful detention and threats.
Lawyer Joan Piqué Vidal died aged 93 in Castelldefels, Barcelona, on October 7.
His funeral was held in the town on Saturday.
He became known in the 1980s for his role in the Banca Catalana case involving former Catalan president Jordi Pujol.
Piqué Vidal was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2005 for extorting businesspeople alongside judge Lluís Pascual Estevill.
In 2015, he said he had not technically been Pujol’s lawyer in the Banca Catalana case.
- Who
- Joan Piqué Vidal, a lawyer.
- What
- He died aged 93.
- When
- October 7; the year is not stated in the article.
- Where
- Castelldefels, Barcelona.
- Why
- Not stated.
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No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
Piqué Vidal was born in Barcelona.
He defended people involved in the Banca Catalana case.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison for extorting businesspeople alongside Lluís Pascual Estevill.
He told the Catalan Parliament that he had not technically been Jordi Pujol’s lawyer in the Banca Catalana case.
Piqué Vidal died in Castelldefels, aged 93.
His funeral was held in Castelldefels.
- Age at death
- 93
- Place of death
- Castelldefels, Barcelona
- Banca Catalana case
- Piqué Vidal worked on the defence in the 1980s
- Prison sentence
- Seven years, imposed in 2005
- Co-defendant
- Judge Lluís Pascual Estevill
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