eight individuals, aged between 18 and 29 year old, members of a violent group, They will be judged, at the beginning of next January, for the crime of offense to qualified physical integrity, by a Collective of Judges of the Court of Beja.
According to the indictment issued by the Beja Public Prosecutor's Office,, that the Lidador News (LN) We had access, the group of defendants “is associated with the practice of violent acts against people in the city, and attend, in group, nightlife establishments or other public spaces”, where they provoke disrespect and attack other citizens.
The prosecution, authored by judge SĂlvia Gomes, brings together three cases where it is described that young people spread terror in various arteries of the city and inside establishments, having in one case invaded a hairdressing salon, where a victim took refuge. He was attacked and, after lying on the ground, he was dragged into the street by his clothes and violently kicked and slapped..
In all cases, The group was led by Nancanique Salomé, of 22 year old, who is accused of three crimes of qualified physical integrity and one crime of coercion. The accused is being held in the Leiria-Jovens Prison, where the final judgment of a ruling awaits, delivered in May of this year, in which he was sentenced to 8 years in prison, for having tried to kill a man who “considered he was a member of a police agency”.
In 17 November 2023, the young man had already sentenced to one of 18 months in prison, suspended upon its implementation, for a lesser serious drug trafficking crime, that will have to be fulfilled.
In addition to Nancanique, three other members of the group were convicted and are in prison for attempted murder with a knife and a fifth member is awaiting, in custody, trial for the same type of crime, carried out with a firearm.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
