Trial begins for Spaniard involved in fatal Cuba crash

October 06, 2012 02:14

A Spanish politician charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a leading Cuban rights activist denied at his trial here today that he was speeding at the time of the accident.

"The last time that I looked at my speedometer, I was not going faster than 80 or 90 kilometers per hour," Angel Carromero told the presiding judge as the proceedings -- which were expected to last just one day -- got underway.

Carromero testified that he felt "profound sorrow" over the July 22 car crash near this town in eastern Cuba, which claimed the life of Oswaldo Paya, 60, a 2002 recipient of Europe's Sakharov prize for defence of human rights.

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