Beja: Defense seeks to show man unaccountability who shot nearby.
The criminal liability or not Luis Rita, Luis aka "Water-Sweet", accused of trying to kill neighbor, Paula Calceteiro, with two shots of shotgun, Leaded zagalote, intended to cull boars.
The trial began yesterday in the Court of Beja, and mental health, the defense contends affect the defendant, It led to an expertise at the crime scene (na photos. In the circles in the yellow bar of the home the resulting holes of shots), to determine exactly, the site and the distance from which the shots were fired.
this approach, decided after hearing by videoconference, one ballistics technician of the Judicial Police (PJ), You can make all the difference in deciding whether the defendant is arrested or interned compulsively.
They were attended by the Judges of Collective, chaired by VÃtor Maneta, the Public Prosecutor (MP), the prosecution and defense lawyers, Inspector PJ responsible for the investigation and the victim, also plaintiff and assistant in the process, Paula Calceteiro, that asks 70.000 civil damages euros.
The accused was not present, since the morning session, after testifying for an hour, He said that he was "confused, sick and unable to be in court "- The Collective decided to gather the Prison Beja, where on remand, continuing the trial without his presence.
Luis Rita, We had a contradictory behavior, starting to confirm the accusation of data, explaining however that "never intended to kill Paula. It was only to scare ", He explained.
After, and when confronted with details about the premeditation of the act, the defendant told the judge: "I'm very confused. I ask that interne me because I am very sick ", and then no longer wanted to talk.
Polemical and target a strong reprimand of Judge Ana Batista, It was the testimony of one of the defendant's daughters, profession of nurse, on the mental health status of father, which ended with the extraction of a certificate to be sent to MP, to investigate the existence of the crime of domestic violence committed by Luis Rita against his wife, that in court refused to testify.
Or individual, of 66 year old, is being judged by qualified homicide crimes tried and prohibited weapon detention, occurred to 29 October 2015, in the neighborhood of gravel pits, in Beja, in which risks a penalty of 15 a 18 years of effective imprisonment.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
