Puigdemont mulls return to Catalonia after win despite imminent arrest

Barcelona

OUSTED Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was weighing up whether to return to the region, where he faces arrest, close aides said on Saturday, after pro-independence parties defeated Spain's central government in pivotal elections.

Mr Puigdemont campaigned from Brussels, where he sought self-imposed exile after he was sacked by Madrid and a Spanish court charged him with rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds.