Investigating Judge Susana Álvarez Civantos, who took a statement from Juana Rivas at the end of October last year in relation to a complaint from her ex-partner, Francesco Arcuri, for child abduction, believes that the facts analyzed do not involve any crime. For this reason, in a written communication this Friday to the parties, it has been agreed to provisionally dismiss and file the case. The final decision is now at the expense of what the Provincial Court of Granada decides, since Arcuri's lawyer has announced that he will appeal this decision of the Court of Instruction. The judge has acted along the same lines as the Prosecutor's Office, which in a letter in mid-September considered that Rivas's actions did not meet the necessary elements to constitute a crime of child abduction. Rivas's defense has assessed, in a press release, "very positively" the judge's resolution.
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