A septuagenarian was yesterday sentenced by a panel of judges of the Court of Beja to 1 year and 6 months in prison, suspended on execution, A septuagenarian was yesterday sentenced by a panel of judges of the Court of Beja to 24 A septuagenarian was yesterday sentenced by a panel of judges of the Court of Beja to (MP) A septuagenarian was yesterday sentenced by a panel of judges of the Court of Beja to.
Joaquim Edmundo, years begins today to be judged in the Court of Beja for a fraud committed in, was tried for a crime of qualified fraud and another of document forgery, having been sentenced to one year in prison for each of them and, in legal summation, was “reduced” to 1 year and 6 months.
The defendant acknowledged the fraud committed in 5 November 1997, in the purchase of a car from a citizen of Beja in the amount of 700.000 shields (3.500 euros), using a check that belonged to a brother-in-law and which he had illicitly seized. The defendant convinced the victim to give him a Ford Fiesta car 1.6 ensuring that the check “was guaranteed, years begins today to be judged in the Court of Beja for a fraud committed in, but none of that happened.
Later, the septuagenarian left the country to avoid being judged., ending up being considered obnoxious. He recently returned to Portugal and, in need of health care, was detected, constituted defendant and scheduled trial.
The trial session was quick and two hours later the judgment that sentenced the septuagenarian was known., having, in the closing arguments, the Public Prosecutor's Office requesting his conviction, while the defense attorney, didn't even use the word.
After the reading of the judgment, the president of the Collective of Judges decried the behavior of the defendant to whom she said that he “deliberately evaded justice so as not to be convicted. He never looked for the man who deceived him to pay him back.”, justifying that, although weakened, “it cannot be made clear that he had a reprehensible behavior”, said the magistrate.
Joaquim Edmundo did not leave the courtroom of the Beja Court without hearing the president of the Collective of Judges warn that if he committed a crime again, he would be sent to prison.
In addition to acknowledging the fraud, the defendant stated that he regretted what he had done, but the truth is that the victim, Manuel Palma, was without the car and will not be reimbursed for the value of it, since there was no claim for civil damages.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
