Millet, again before the Justice for the disappearance of seized objects

As reported to Efe by legal sources, Millet will testify by videoconference from the Brians 2 prison in Sant Esteve Sesrovires (Barcelona), where since 2020 he has been serving the sentence of nine years and eight months in prison that was imposed on him for looting the Palau de la Música for decades.

The execution of the sentence is in the hands of the Barcelona Court, but neither Millet nor his right hand, Jordi Montull, have still returned the 23 million euros that they were sentenced to pay to the cultural institution to compensate her for the plunder.

Within the framework of the execution of the sentence, the Court authorized the entry of experts in the mansion of L’Ametlla del Vallès (Barcelona) where Millet lives to appraise the 44 works of art that were seized during the investigation of the case to face future civil liability in the event of conviction.

In this way, it was found that a grand piano was missing, an 18th century headboard, two carved ivory tusks and a dozen animal figures also made of ivory.

Later, the defense informed the court that they had found the piano and the headboard in the house of Millet’s wife, who died in 2018.

Justice also investigates whether Montull, who already appeared last week in court for these facts, concealed from the Barcelona Court the income he obtains from the rental of a property in El Masnou (Barcelona) of which he is the owner together with his wife, despite the fact that he had assured that his only sustenance was his retirement pension.

Both former heads of the Palau, whom the government has just denied pardonor, they were condemned by the Barcelona Court for having appropriated for decades funds, both public and private, belonging to the cultural entity, one of the most emblematic institutions of the Catalan bourgeoisie.

The plundering, according to what the sentence considered proven, also served to mask the payment of 6.6 million euros in commissions from the construction company Ferrovial to CDC in exchange for the award of public works, such as the Ciutat de la Justicia or line 9 of the metro.

In the trial, both defendants betrayed Convergència, in an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office to reduce their sentences for the confession, and explained that the Ferrovial construction company paid commissions of up to 4%, of which the party kept 2, 5% and the rest Millet and Montull as intermediaries.