Castro Verde: exonerated couple co-authored seven crimes, including three extortion.
A couple was relieved of co-authored seven crimes, including three extortion, the Court of Beja. The presiding judge of the Collective, considered that the victim and assistant, was “the culprit”, why “blatantly lied and did not take sexual issues”, in the file.
A couple, the man 39 years and wife 36 year old, resident in Castro Verde, was yesterday acquitted by a collective judgment of the Court of Beja, co-authored seven crimes, three of extortion, two violation, a kidnapping and one of aggravated kidnapping, committed against António Ferraz, a former bank employee.
In reading the judgment, Judge VÃtor Rendeiro, President of the Collective, He maintained that the court was left with the conviction that the accused "committed the crimes they were accused", but they were acquitted for "exclusive fault" of the victim and assisted in the process, who did not attend the session, as "blatantly lied, with total disregard for the truth ".
The magistrate verberou António Ferraz behavior that "should have taken sexual issues", that was considered a victim in the process. For VÃtor Rendeiro, the victim must have had statements "clear, safe and clarified, but, did not, changed the testimony during the process ", upbraided.
The facts that the defendants were accused, have occurred between the end of 2014 and mid 2015, that area Alentejo, when António Ferraz, He was approached by defendant, that "sought to resolve a banking situation", and after a long persistence, He was persuaded and convinced to have sex with the defendant, which will taking with him a tape recorder, recording the events that took place between the two.
In the discovery stage, the victim said he was confronted by the defendant with a recording, and from that moment, "Rested with the couple" and began to be extorted. António Ferraz, maintained at the time, against their will, It came to be taken to the home of the accused and to a location away from the trio city of origin, where they were made several threats, which resulted in the cash delivery, higher amounts to 35 thousand euros, not to suffer reprisals.
The victim and process assistant, whose sessions took place behind closed doors, not attended the reading of the judgment.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
