Moura: Acquitted nine defendants of the case of the Fishing and Hunting Club.
Nine years after the beginning of the investigation, were yesterday acquitted by a Collective Court of Beja, the nine defendants in the process of hunting section of Mourense Club Fishing and Hunting Amateur Sports.
Eight men and one woman aged 34 and 62 year old, all natural and living in Moura, They sat for fourteen sessions in the dock, being six defendants accused of embezzlement crimes and three of crimes recetação.
It was the long process, which led the judge president of the Collective, Ana Batista, with some humor and good mood, at the beginning of the reading of the judgment to say the defendants: "Gentlemen confess there. They had missed it ", alluding to the fact that the last session have been held for more than two weeks.
reading, very short of the judgment, to judge, maintained that "it is not proved that the deposits in the accounts of the defendants, were coming from money club ", grounds that the prosecution witnesses "were unable to realize the charges that were charged to the defendant", finished.
The judge added that in judgment "has not been demonstrated that the amounts of the club that the defendants may have seized up", having also considered the expert PJ, "Has not shown that the deposits in the accounts of the defendants, It was the result of hunting and club activities ", finished.
Given all the facts which gave as unproven, Ana Batista acquitted the defendants Francisco Barreiros, António Pato, Francisco Fialho, Manuel Franciscos Gertrudes, Manuel Joaquim Varzim and Valerius, of embezzlement crimes, and Ana Lucia Fialho, Carlos Fialho and Pedro Miguel Lages, two crimes of recetação.
Face the collective decision of Judges, They will be returned the amounts seized in the house of the accused, during the house searches. They will be delivered to Anthony Duck, 600 euros, a Francisco Fialho 750 euros e a Francisco Barreiros 950 euros, and Hunters Club, all seized documentation.
After the reading of the judgment, the Lidador News (LN) He tried to hear Fatima Grace, defense attorney, who declined to weave any comment on the decision of the court to acquit their clients nine. We wanted to also know the causÃdica, He is considering presenting complaint against whistleblowers, to demand compensation for moral damages.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
