Meanwhile, in Madrid

The Fifth Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court, by a vote of 3-2, has upheld the punishment imposed on a member of the Guardia Civil for having broken in the door to the office of the Special Corruption Prosecutor. The defendant had been assigned to duty there but found the door locked, so he broke it open. A video camera recorded the incident and the defendant was identified from the tape. The tape, however, was destroyed. Held, the penalty stands because personnel who viewed the tape before it was destroyed were able to identify the defendant from the back. Not good enough, according to the dissenters, one of whom was the court's president. El Confidencial Digital's detailed account of the matter can be found here.