Spain's Attorney General Alvaro Garcia Ortiz is to stand trial for leaking confidential information after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.

Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, Spain's public prosecutor, will stand trial for violating judicial secrecy after the Supreme Court ruled that the evidence gathered in the investigation was sufficient. He is accused of leaking information about businessman Alberto Gonzalez Amador, the partner of a government opponent. His indictment, unprecedented in Spanish judicial history, has sparked tensions between the socialist government and the People's Party, which is calling for his resignation. A trial date has not been announced.