Sergeant pointed gun at guard in 2020 and still no disciplinary punishment. The first lawsuit defended the dismissal of the defendant, but another lawsuit proposes a sentence of suspension of 60 days.
The assistant sergeant of the Territorial Command of Beja (CTBeja) of the GNR condemned by the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon, with the intervention of the Collective Military Court, to a prison sentence 1 year and 2 months in prison, still does not know internal punishment of the Guard.
The conviction Nuno F., of 46 year old, It occurred on 1 October 2021, the defendant was punished with 1 year in prison for the crime of abuse of authority for other offenses and the 7 months in prison for the crime of illegitimate use of weapons, in accordance with the Code of Military Justice, which resulted in the global penalty of 1 year and 2 months in prison, suspended in its execution for the same period and subject to proof regime, through social reintegration plan.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), there was a first internal process in which the interviewer, for understanding that of a very serious infraction, defended the penalty of separation from service, in other words, the definitive dismissal as a GNR soldier. However, the document ended up being in the CTBeja Command drawer, because the defendant requested the change of the investigating officer of the process, that ended up in the hands of another officer, which after completion of the same, proposed the suspension of 60 days. This condemnation is within the limit within the competences of the commander of CTBeja, which restricts their sending to the General Commander of the Guard or to the Minister of Internal Administration.
The soldier has not yet been notified because he has been on leave for about three months and should only return to duty in February 2023, date on which you will have “official knowledge†of the punishment.
The facts in the day 31 August 2020, when the sergeant assistant moved from the Territorial Detachment of Moura (DTMoura), where did I work, to the Territorial Post of Vila Nova de São Bento (na photos), a 30 kilometers away, to take satisfaction from a guard, who had fined his wife. Annoyed by the fact that a guard passed the administrative offense notice and allegedly uttered some insulting words, the graduate pulled the service weapon, a Glock pistol 19, and pointed it at the subaltern's body. The acts were carried out outside the GNR facilities in Vila Nova de São Bento, Serpa county.
In 26 October 2021, the LN asked the Division of Communication and Public Relations (DCRP) da GNR, on the case, justifying that “an internal disciplinary process was initiated, which is suspended pending a criminal decision, not having official knowledge of the judgment renderedâ€, sustained.
At the beginning of last week, 9 November, the LN questioned the GNR's DCRP again, about the situation of the sergeant-assistant, but no clarification was provided on the case.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
