GHENT, Belgium (AP) — A Belgian court has ruled that Spanish rapper Valtonyc should not be sent back to Spain, where he was sentenced to prison accused of writing lyrics that praise terror groups and insult the royal family.

The rapper, whose real name is Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, was supposed to turn himself in voluntarily to Spanish authorities in May to serve a two-year sentence, but instead fled to Belgium.

His lawyer Simon Bekaert said Monday that "the judge has decided there will be no extradition and discarded all three charges."

Bekart told reporters near the court in Ghent that the judge ruled "there is no terrorism involved, so there is no question of a crime according to Belgian law."