the justification, on the part of the defendant, that he used a knife because “I am from Alentejo and as a good Alentejo I use a knife in my pocket for snacks”, It was just one of the trial's shenanigans.
Victim's refusal to testify against partner, dropping one of the complaints, the excusing statements of the mother-in-law and brother-in-law, the latter also withdrew one of the complaints against the accused, a panel of judges from the Beja Court acquitted Tiago M. accused of six crimes, being a domestic violence.
The individual, of 32 year old, natural Moura, was also charged with aggravated threat, one of consummated qualified physical integrity offense and two in the attempted form and one of possession of a prohibited weapon. Ending up condemned to pay the amount of 188,92 euros requested for the Baixo Alentejo Local Health Unit (ULSBA) for payments for the treatments to which the partner and brother-in-law were subjected, that the defendant attacked with a switchblade.
The individual denied the facts that were imputed to him, who were devalued by the witnesses, having assumed I used a pocketknife, but that he had no intention of hurting the victims. Tiago M. justified the possession of the knife with the fact with a very old metaphor in the region. “I am from Alentejo and as a good Alentejo I use a knife in my pocket for snacks”, concluded.
The individual has been deprived of liberty since December last year., first in pre-trial detention and then under an obligation to remain in the house using means of electronic surveillance, also ended up losing the employee, when he was deprived of liberty.
The Public Ministry promoted the arbitration of compensation to the main victim, to repair the damage suffered by the same, was ultimately undermined by the fact that the accused was acquitted of all charges.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
