Ferreira do Alentejo: Sentenced to 9 years in prison for grooming young.
Nine years in prison, in legal height, by grooming of children with drug and money for sexual purposes. Joaquim Almeida was convicted of a total of 13 years and 3 months in prison and payment of 15.000 damages to two smaller enticed.
Joaquim Almeida, of 27 year old, Ferreira do Alentejo, was yesterday sentenced to 9 years in prison, in legal height, the practice of three crimes to resort to prostitution of minors, 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 president of the Collective of Criminal Beja Judgment Judges, He acquitted the defendant of two smaller grooming crimes for sexual purposes and saw drug trafficking crime compounded, pass simple and so download the penal framework. 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 damages to two smaller that the court considered as abused by the accused.
Judge Mariana Piçarra gave as proven all facts of charge, arguing that by delivering monetary amounts and hashish, It has solicited two smaller, for them send footage in which they were masturbating and there same time arrange meetings with young people in order to practice oral and anal sex.
The magistrate explained that the defendant "confessed" sexual contacts and messages sent to minors and "denied" the arrest and transfer of hashish, arguing that the court "did not believe the version of the accused on the latter fact, which led to his conviction ", concluded.
Belchior de Sousa, defendant's defense lawyer, He maintained that "we were waiting for a severe sentence, but away from these values ​​", adding that "there are legal issues, in the case of drug trafficking that we will not seek to alleviate appeal to the higher court ", finished.
The accused, who had already been convicted in 2016 a prison sentence of 3 years and 6 months, suspended for the same period, for a few reasons why now was sentenced, He was arrested by inspectors of South Directorate of the Judicial Police (PJ) and is in custody since 18 May last year.
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, will remain in custody in Prison Beja until final judgment of conviction.
Convictions
A child prostitution to the resource crime in fact occurs: 1 Prison year
A child prostitution to the resource in the attempted crime form: 6 months in prison
A child prostitution to the resource in the crime attempted aggravated form: 1 Prison year
A juvenile pornography crime in fact occurs: 2 years in prison
A juvenile pornography crime in fact occurs aggravated: 4 years and 6 months in prison
A drug trafficking crime: 4 years and 3 months in prison
legal cluster: 9 years in prison
Indemnity: 15.000 euros to the two smaller (5 a thousand and 10 thousand other)
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
