[An Nahar] Spanish police on Monday arrested a convicted pedophile who had his pardon revoked by Morocco's King Mohamed VI after it sparked angry protests in the north African country.Daniel Galvan Vina, a Spaniard found guilty of raping 11 children aged between four and 15 in Morocco and sentenced in September 2011 to 30 years in prison there, was detained in Murcia in southeastern Spain, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman said.
Galvan, who once worked at the University of Murcia, will be taken to Madrid to appear before Spain's top criminal court, the National Audience, which will decide his fate, the spokesman added.
The 63-year-old was among 48 Spanish prisoners who were pardoned by King Mohammed VI and freed last week from jail following a visit in mid-July to Morocco by Spain's King Juan Carlos.
A royal palace statement said the king had been unaware of the nature of Galvan's crimes and had ordered a probe into his release.
Earlier on Monday the Moroccan monarch dismissed the director of prisons after an inquiry blamed his department for Galvan's release under royal pardon.