Catalan leaders jailed for sedition

Spain’s supreme court has sentenced Catalonia’s former deputy leader to 13 years in prison over his role in a banned 2017 independence referendum.

Oriol Junqueras, the region’s former vice president, was found guilty of sedition.

Another eight separatist leaders, out of 12 on trial, were also found guilty of sedition and were jailed for between nine and 13 years.

The three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience and not sentenced to prison.

Catalan’s former president, Carles Puigdemont, who is living in Germany, called the decision an outrage.