Josep Lluis Trapero, the head of Catalan police, walks past National Police officers as he leaves the Spain's High Court after testifying for the alleged crime of sedition in relation to arrests of high-ranking officials over the organisation of a banned independence vote in Madrid, Spain, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
MADRID (Reuters) - A small knot of Catalan independence supporters applauded as the region's police chief arrived at a Madrid court on Friday to face accusations of sedition -- but he could draw a far bigger, and angrier, crowd back in Barcelona if ever convicted.
Josep Lluis Trapero, 51, a career policeman and law graduate, is a hero to the region's secessionists after his force took a much less aggressive stance than national police in enforcing a ban on last Sunday's independence referendum.
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