German citizen begins today to be tried in Beja for fire at the headquarters and vessels of Clube Fluvial Odemirense. The damage outweighs the 90 thousand euros. On the individual hung a European Arrest Warrant.
The Public Ministry (MP) of Odemira accused a German citizen, who was hiding in Portugal, material authorship of the crimes of aggravated theft and fire. At stake is arson at the headquarters of Clube Fluvial Odemirense (CFO), na dawn 9 October 2021, that the defendant provoked to cover up the theft he had committed inside the same, causing more damage than 90 thousand euros.
Markolf Ipfelkofer, of 35 year old, on whom a European arrest warrant issued by the German authorities is pending, also for crimes of theft, including a Volkswagen van, with which it was transported in Portugal, entered the Fluvial headquarters with the aim of stealing the goods inside.
inside the building, the individual went up to the 1st floor and stole two checkbooks from the CFO, 350 euros in cash, an aluminum suitcase with photographs and other documentation and various club medals from the club. on the ground floor, and with the aim of covering up any clues leading to their identification, watered a boat and canoes with a gel firelighter, that you carry with you in a bottle, and set him on fire.
What Markolf didn't count on is that after the outbreak of the flames, people who went to the place, they became aware of suspicious movements of a foreign registration vehicle that they photographed and that would be decisive for the suspect's arrest, on the day of the crimes.
Knowing that the individual had moved to the Algarve village of Aljezur, police inspectors (PJ) of the Criminal Investigation Department of Portimão, located and detained the individual in the town of Vila do Bispo, also in the Algarve.
Inside the van, the stolen goods were found at the Fluvial headquarters and many of the goods that were later known to have been stolen in Germany and the clothes he wore on the night of the fire and with which he was seen walking in a bar by the Mira River., hours before the crimes.
From the criminal activity of Markolf Ipfelkofer, according to the indictment of the MP from Odemira to which Lidador NotÃcias (LN) We had access, damages caused by the accused amount to 90.478,25 euros, wherein 20.455 euros are for nautical material and 70.023,56 euros referring to the complete reconstruction of the building that burned to the ground.
on the day of the crime, ao JN, IlÃdio Soares, president of Clube Fluvial Odemirense, founded in 1984, and that has in its ranks close to fifty athletes, maintained that “the damage will surround the 100 thousand euros. In a short time, we lost 30 years of hard work", finished.
The trial will take place over the next week at the Beja Court, being the individual in preventive detention in the Prison Establishment of this city.
European Arrest Warrant
in Stuttgart, Markolf stole a Volkswagen van, “Shape Bread†type, belonging to the “Universiat Hohenheim Fuhrparkâ€, as well as other items that were seized, the aforementioned arrest warrant has been issued.
As legal proceedings are already underway in different regions of Germany where the thefts took place, Markolf not be judged by them in Portugal, so if you are convicted of the crimes you committed in Odemira, after serving his sentence he will be extradited to his country where he will be tried.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
