A JUDGE investigating Catalunya's disputed independence referendum on behalf of the central government is said to be in a 'serious condition' in hospital, although the reason has not been revealed.
Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer, 70 (pictured), from Barcelona's Court of Instruction number 13, is behind several of the arrests on September 20 and 21 when separatists stormed the regional government buildings and tried to block the Guardia Civil from getting in, and also filed charges against 20 people – 14 of whom were later arrested.
Judge Sunyer issued search warrants for 41 premises and seized 9.8 million ballot papers.
Strangely, Sunyer's reportedly 'critical condition in hospital' has come within days of the death of Catalunya's senior regional prosecutor José María Romero de Tejada and less than a month after State general prosecutor José Manuel Maza passed away.
Both prosecutors were involved in the Catalunya inquiry and were responsible for politicians being arrested, charged and investigated.
