were condemned, in legal height, only of 4 years and 5 years in prison, suspended in its execution, two of the three women residing in the municipality of Odemira, prosecuted for aggravated theft.
They were also ordered to pay compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages to two of the injured. A third woman was acquitted of all the crimes of which she was accused and of paying compensation to those injured..
The crimes were committed during the year 2018, when women entered homes where the owners were absent, to commit thefts.
In a judgment read last Friday at the Court of Beja, document to which Lidador NotÃcias had access, Carolina's 28 year old, was sentenced to a total of 9 years in prison for three crimes of aggravated theft and acquitted of another three, getting the cumulus 5 year old. soraia de 31 year old, It was ordered to 8 years and 2 months, in a cluster reduced to 4 year old, for the same registration of rhymes of the other defendant.
The suspension of the sentences applied to the two women is subject to a probationary regime and the monthly payment of 100 euros each of two assistants, funds that will be deducted for the compensation of 10.600 euro in property damage and 5.000 euros for personal injury.
The Collective of Judges considered that the defendant who suffered the heaviest sentence, “partially confessed to the allegations, seeking to lighten responsibilities on top of the other defendantâ€, justified. To the defendant with the lightest sentence, the Collective considered that it made “a total confession, had a collaborative attitude and a sincere regretâ€, concluded.
Maria de 58 year old, mother of the youngest defendant, was acquitted of the six crimes of aggravated theft of which she was accused and of the claims for compensation made by the assistants, the court found that “no evidence was produced, that points to the fact that she participated in any of the situations described in the indictmentâ€, situation in which she herself denied having participated.
The decision of the Collective of Judges of the Central Criminal Court of Beja is subject to appeal to the Court of Appeal of Évora (THREE).
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
