Alvito: Sexagenarian sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison for sexual abuse of children.

Feb 3, 2018

Founder and swimming teacher Alvito Nature Club sentenced to 12 years in prison, five counts of sexual abuse of children that resulted in a legal accumulation of 7 years and 6 months of effective imprisonment.

Joaquim Patrício, 69 year old, reformed, divorced, was yesterday sentenced, in legal height, to an effective prison sentence 7 years and 6 year old, five counts of sexual abuse of children, which in total granted him 12 years in prison.

The defendant was also ordered a ban on any activity with children for a period of 10 years and to compensate one of the children in 15.000 euros and the other in 7.500 euros, more interest.

The Collective Criminal Court of Beja, chaired by Vítor Maneta, He gave as proven the facts that the accused was charged, that while swimming teacher Alvito Nature Club took advantage to take the girls to the pool of Vidigueira, to commit abuses.

For four crimes committed in the person of young Emerald (fictitious name), of 9 year old, the accused was sentenced to 10 years and 3 months and for a crime committed with Sebastiana (fictitious name), of 8 year old, He was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison. Joaquim Patrício came to trial charged with ten counts of child sexual abuse, but it turned out to see the Collective of Judges of not giving as proven four of the crimes.

In reading the judgment, the judge ruled that Joaquim Patrício "denied the facts so little or nothing enlightening", justifying that merely "explore any conflicts of minor", said. After making known the penalties to which the accused was convicted, Victor Maneta added that "there are men who when they reach the right age, They do inconceivable things ", finished.

The judge described some of the actions that the accused carried out with children "for sexual pleasure and satisfy your lustful desires", as "put your hand inside the bathing suit and introduced a finger into the vagina causing you pain, a lower put on his lap and put his hand on this his penis over the wearing trunks, He kissed a smaller mouth under water and put his hand into the vagina less over the bathing suit ", said.

The mother of one of abused children who attended the reading of the judgment, lard left the court in tears. The defendant is at liberty to wait for the final and unappealable decision. When I asked if he would appeal the sentence Joaquim Patrício lawyer was aggressive responding that "I am not like lawyers Lisbon. Do not comment on matters that are entrusted me ", finished.

Convictions

• crimes committed on Emerald (fictitious name), of 9 year old

1 child sexual abuse crime- 4 years and 6 months

1 child sexual abuse crime- 2 years and 6 months

1 child sexual abuse crime- 1 years and 6 months

1 child sexual abuse crime- 1 years and 9 months

indemnity of 15.000 euros + interest.

• crimes committed on Sebastiana (fictitious name), of 8 year old

1 child sexual abuse crime- 4 years and 6 months

indemnity of 7.500 euros + interest.

• Prohibition of exercising the activity with children, for a period of 10 year old
• legal cluster- 7 years and 6 months of effective imprisonment (The defendant is at liberty to wait for the final and unappealable decision, may the next 30 days to appeal the judgment to the Court of Évora Relationship. Failure to do so will be issued by the Criminal Court of Beja, an arrest warrant to be driven to the Prison Beja.)

Teixeira Correia

(journalist)