Mértola: Prison sentences for two individuals for aggravated fraud and forgery in the purchase of cattle.
Two of the four accused of swindling crimes and aggravated forgery in the purchased cattle, They were sentenced to prison terms, suspended. The other two accused individuals were acquitted.
The Beja Court sentenced yesterday Julius Master, three years and Elísio John, to two years and three months in prison, both in legal height, by a swindle crime and aggravated forgery crime, sentences that were suspended for the same period.
Two other individuals, Andrew John and José Bravo, Quartet involved in fraud, They were acquitted for lack of evidence.
In September 2012, a farm in São Miguel do Pinheiro, municipality of Mértola, the group acquired António Felizardo 19 head of cattle, the amount of 8.978 euros, with the use of a counterfeit check.
Julius Master, that in the words of Judge Ana Batista "is a master on frauds and falsifications", He was sentenced to two years in prison for each crime, having the magistrate warns the defendant that "walks with one foot inside and one outside, and it is not today going in "fired.
In turn Elísio John, He was sentenced to one year and six months, for each crime, having received the notice of the judge that "it does not change life, ends up in prison ", held.
Despite suspended sentences, the two defendants are subject to the rules of evidence and the admonition of Ana Batista that "if they commit a crime during the suspension period I review the enforcement measures and will stuck", concluded.
After loading the 19 cattle, near Mértola, the group headed for the Galician Varzim (Malveira), where a fifth element was waiting on his farm, where the discharge of the animals was made. The latter suspect was not pronounced, because it was not given as proven its "fraudulent involvement" in cattle acquisition.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
