Fª Alentejo: Court of Appeal holds penalty 9 years in prison for child prostitution.
The Civil and Criminal Court of the Central Court applied Beja 9 years in prison, in legal height, to an individual in Ferreira do Alentejo, Now the Court of Évora Relationship, confirms the sentence denying the accused merits of the appeal.
The Court of Évora Relationship (THREE) of order denied the appeal filed by the accused Joaquim Almeida, of 27 year old, natural of Ferreira do Alentejo, convicted last day 7 March, in legal height, a 9 years in prison.
The individual who was detained in Prison since Beja 18 May 2017, He was sentenced by the practice of three crimes and use of child prostitution, a consummate way and another and a third attempted aggravated attempted in the way, two smaller porn, a consummate way and another aggravated finished form and finally a drug trafficking.
The six crimes, Joaquim Almeida was sentenced to a total of 13 years and 3 months in prison, in height that was in 9 years in prison and the payment of 15.000 of indemnity to two smaller that the court considered as abused by the accused.
One of the foundations that led the judges to reject the TRE Joaquim Almeida feature, It was considered by "the defendant's guilt is intense, since I deliberately wanted to practice the facts, acting with direct intent ". In addition to seeing the TRE dismiss the appeal the defendant was also ordered to pay court costs, fixed in units of account (510 euros).
Joaquim Almeida, single, was elected in the Municipal Assembly of Ferreira do Alentejo since 2013 until the date of his arrest, He has also been president of the Directorate of Sporting Clube Ferreirense.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
