A man suspected of committing domestic violence was found dead yesterday in the cell where he was detained at the Beja Prison (EPBeja).
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), the man hanged himself with the sheets in his cell and was found dead at around 12:50 p.m.
The individual, of 49 year old, was in preventive detention at EPBeja, by determination of a Criminal Investigation Judge of a Court of the District of Évora, accused of the crime of domestic violence.
LN knows that the individual left some handwritten papers, including one that said: “you can say whatever you say, but I'm innocent".
An ambulance from the Beja Volunteer Firefighters and the emergency and resuscitation medical vehicle were called to EPBeja (VMER) do Hospital de Beja, with death confirmed by the VMER doctor.
The inmate's body was only sent to the Beja Legal Medical Office at 7:00 p.m., where it will be autopsied, after law enforcement authorities have completed investigations.
The General Directorate of Reinsertion and Prison Services (DGRSP) opened an investigation to “find out what happened” and cela.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
