FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021 record photo, erstwhile Catalan acquisition curate Clara Ponsati prepares to code a media league astatine the European Parliament successful Brussels. A Scottish tribunal has connected Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 dismissed extradition proceedings against a Catalan person sought by Spain implicit Catalonias failed independency bid. Clara Ponsati was accused of sedition implicit her relation arsenic acquisition curate successful Catalonias unsuccessful 2017 effort to secede aft a referendum that was not sanctioned by the Spanish government. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, file)

FILE - In this Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021 record photo, erstwhile Catalan acquisition curate Clara Ponsati prepares to code a media league astatine the European Parliament successful Brussels. A Scottish tribunal has connected Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 dismissed extradition proceedings against a Catalan person sought by Spain implicit Catalonias failed independency bid. Clara Ponsati was accused of sedition implicit her relation arsenic acquisition curate successful Catalonias unsuccessful 2017 effort to secede aft a referendum that was not sanctioned by the Spanish government. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, file) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

LONDON – A Scottish tribunal connected Thursday dismissed extradition proceedings against a Catalan person sought by Spain implicit Catalonia’s failed independency bid.

Clara Ponsati was accused of sedition by Spain implicit her relation arsenic acquisition curate successful Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 effort to secede, which progressive a referendum that wasn't sanctioned by the Spanish government.

A erstwhile world astatine the University of St. Andrews, she won a spot successful the European Parliament successful 2019 and aboriginal moved to Brussels.

A Scottish judge, Sheriff Nigel Ross, ruled Thursday that Scottish courts had “no jurisdiction” successful the lawsuit due to the fact that Ponsati had indicated she didn't program to instrumentality to Scotland.

“You can’t extradite idiosyncratic who is not here,” helium said, dismissing the case.

Scottish authorities lawyers didn't contention the decision, but said Ponsati had committed a “clear breach of (her) presumption of trust” by failing to archer the tribunal she was resigning her station astatine St. Andrews and moving to Belgium.

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In the European courts, Ponsati and 2 different erstwhile apical Catalan officials are warring attempts to region the parliamentary immunity they person arsenic EU lawmakers.

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