Eufemiano Fuentes handed one-year prison sentence

But in a move that will be deeply frustrating for anti-doping agencies, Judge Julia Patricia Santamaria denied a request to hand over evidence presented during the trial that might have led to further investigations and instead ordered blood bags and documents seized from Fuentes's clinic to be destroyed.

The Spanish anti-doping agency said it would appeal against the destruction order to the country’s Supreme Court. The blood bags will remain in storage in Barcelona until the appeal is heard.

Seven years after the police raided offices belonging to Eufemiano Fuentes and uncovered a doping conspiracy that sent shockwaves through the professional cycling world, the 58-year-old doctor was found guilty and struck off the medical register for four years.

Fuentes was on trial with four others, including his sister Yolanda, but only the former manager of the Kelme cycling team, Jose Ignacio Labarta, was also found guilty and handed a four-month prison sentence. The other three were acquitted.

At the time of the raids in 2006, doping was not illegal in Spain so Fuentes and his co-accused could only be tried on public health charges.

Can I have the whole article in description next time? Would be easier on my index finger.

Fuentes is the same doctor who once said of the Spanish national team;

Quote:
If I said what I know, goodbye to the World Cup and European Championship.

And a Spanish judge orders the blood to be destroyed

Be interesting to see what happens with the appeal and if WADA can get their hands on the blood.

Wish he had given names of the clubs and teams he had served...