Filed a complaint with the Public Ministry against the military who were at the Beja post, for being attacked. Accused of four crimes does not deny the acts, but claims self-defense.
The man who bit a GNR soldier on the nose, at the post of Beja, in january of this year, claims self-defense and says he was also assaulted. Already filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) against the guard, two more elements that accompanied him and others, unknown. Na height, the General Command of Guarda revealed that the disturbances resulted in “three soldiers injured, one of them in serious condition, in addition to “damage inside the gas station”.
“I was physically and verbally assaulted and, after handcuffed, I was grabbed by the neck and almost suffocated. I reacted to the lack of air and bit the guard. It was the only way to defend myself. It was a self-defence reaction.”, provides, the Lidador News (LN), Manuel Ramos, 33 year old, what, na dawn 13 January, attacked the soldier.
After five months in pre-trial detention, the defendant appealed to the Court of Appeal and since 23 of June who is under house arrest, with electronic bracelet. Lives in Cuba (county) with partner and two young children
Ramos is indicted for two crimes of offense to qualified physical integrity, one for aggravated injuries and one for driving a vehicle while intoxicated. Does not deny violent acts, but ensures that “before and after being transported to the hospital and before being present in court” he was “kicked, grabbed by the neck and nearly suffocated.”. “They rubbed my face with the mop they used to clean the floor of the guard's blood”, ensures.
strange approach
The defendant also says that he is not a practitioner of martial arts., as it was said at the time and claims to have been “threatened if he was released that he would have more problems”. Long haul driver for nine years, Ramos assures that he has never had any problems at any border or in the many European countries he has traveled through. Color, that is why, strange the way he was approached on the road by the GNR when he was driving with his wife and children.
“I was immediately accused of being the one driving, when it was my wife. If I was the one driving drunk why is my wife going from the GNR vehicle with guard Carlos Dias and I'm going with another soldier and my children in my car, to the post?", question.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
