The brother-in-law of Spain's king has turned himself in to authorities to serve a five-year, 10-month prison sentence for crimes including tax fraud and embezzlement.
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Inaki Urdangarin signed himself into the Brieva prison in Avila at around 8am local time.
He had been given five-day deadline last Tuesday to appear at a penal institution of his choosing.
Urdangarin was found guilty in February last year of using royal connections to overcharge regional governments through public contracts to stage sports and tourist events and with tax fraud.
The retired Spanish handball player appealed the sentence before the Supreme Court, which cut the sentence slightly after overturning a part of the original ruling by the Mallorcan Court.
He may appeal the Supreme Court's ruling before the Constitutional Court.
Cristina, who is the younger of Felipe's two sisters and sixth in the line of succession, was also accused of tax evasion before she was acquitted. She was the first close relative of a Spanish king to be put on trial in court.
Since the escalation of the financial affair more than four years ago, the Urdangarin couple have had barely any contact with the royal family, whose image has been seriously damaged by the scandal.
Australian Associated Press