(Exclusive) Beja: Soldier who fatally ran over cyclist, charged with three crimes.
The first sergeant of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP) in which 29 June 2018, fatally hit a bicyclist off the Air Base (BA) Nº11, in Beja, He is charged with three crimes.
According to the indictment order of the public prosecutor (MP) Beja, that the Lidador News (LN) We had access, Filipe Alves, of 34 year old, will answer for the crimes of murder by negligence, omission of help and dangerous driving.
Jorge Martin, a rider 52 year old, bank official, He was fatally run over to 18,55 hours that day, a vehicle driven by the accused, when he came out of BA11 by the Military Road that connects the unit FAP to the city of Beja.
After trampling, the cyclist according to the MP "died at the scene, after the violent clash ", and Realizing the fact, the accused "left the scene of the accident, fleeing, and without paying any aid to the victim and or trigger any means of assistance ", justifies the magistrate responsible for dispatching.
The individual circled over three kilometers along the military road and access to IP2, He made a U-turn to return to BA11, when it was stopped by GNR. Subject to test blood alcohol, He charged an alcohol in the blood (TAS), at least 1,701 g/l. Do not dispatch MP, the defendant is accused of "drive the vehicle with negligence, distraction, manifest lack of care and in a drunken state, that put in danger the lives of other drivers who circulate that way ", as was the case of Jorge Martin. "
Notified to appear in court on the morning of Beja 2 July, to be heard in summary procedure, but, given the strike of judicial workers that occurred that day, the same happened to inquiry.
In addition to possible imprisonment or a fine that can be sentenced, for driving with a BAC considered crime, Filipe Alves incurs an additional penalty of prohibition to drive 3 months 3 years and the loss of 6 points on the driving license. To avoid trial, the defendant is allowed the application for measures of opening the process.
Punished by the Air Force
The first sergeant was punished with 30 days of disciplinary arrest, As it fulfills within the air base facilities (BA) 11, unit which provides service, punishment in the wake of a process initiated by the Air Force.
The military was punished with a penalty more severe and maximum provided for in Article 30 of the Disciplinary Military Regulations (RDM), disciplinary prison under Article 35, It is "the offender's retention for a period of one to 30 days, military installation, particularly in the barracks ".
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
