Amadeu Guerra wants a new prosecutor of defendants for human trafficking. Predecessor submitted a request where he dispensed with appeal.
An order from the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) It intends to reverse the decision of the Court of Judges of the Court of Beja, in the past day 31 January acquitted 19 Defendants, 18 people and a company that were accused of criminal association crimes, human trafficking and money laundering. The only convict was Ionut Biuca, by prohibited weapon detention crime, in a penalty of 200 fine days at the rate of 6 euros / day, total no 1.200 euros.
No document, dated last day 11 Feb., Amadeu Guerra defends “the analysis of the grounds of the judgment, with the consideration of the existence of a basis for any appeal â€, In order to reverse the decision of the Judges Collective chaired by the magistrate Ana Batista.
The situation is legally very complex, Given that even the day of reading the judgment is the defense lawyers entry of applications to dispense with the appeal period and the first business day, 3 Feb., After the judgment of the judgment, The prosecutor's prosecutor of Beja, Jacqueline Mendes, also gave an application of an application where the judge informs that “it is dispensed with the time of appealâ€, What gave the process as a final judgment.
The Volta-Face took place in the 16 December 2024, when the prosecutor defended in the final allegations that “at the trial hearing, the alleged facts have not been proven, coercive measures depriving the accused of their freedom must be revoked.â€. At the end of this session were immediately released the eight defendants who were in pre -trial detention and four in home, all of Romanian nationality.
Making use of your skills, AMADEU WAR DISTANCE TO ATTORNEY JAQUELINE CARLOS, By denamating the same of the process, and pass the responsibility to the prosecutor Felismina Carvalho Franco, in dials of Diap de Lisboa, and that was responsible for the accusation order.
The PGR argues that “taking into account the evidence produced, with consideration on the existence of a basis for any appeal, elaboration of the respective procedural pieces, namely presentation of the respective allegations and requirements â€, concluded.
Heard by Lidador News (LN), Pedro Pestana, one of the defense lawyers was surprised by the PGR decision, maintaining that “the waiver of the right to appeal by the competent prosecutor, now has immediate effects and does not include any responsibility for change, although by order of the Attorney General â€, summed up.
The causal added that “the judicial decision that acquitted the defendants 3 Feb., when the competent prosecutor declared to dispense with the deadline to appeal â€, concluded.
Pedro Pestana, assured JN that “if appeal is filed by the MP, immediately, I will answer and invoke that it is no longer admissible appeal of decision. It is a matter of legal certainty â€, justified.
The process in question was triggered in November 2022 by inspectors of the National Unit of Counterterrorism (UNCT), under the jurisdiction of the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) Lisbon, in the counties of Cuba, Beja and Ferreira do Alentejo and which led to the detention of 35 people and later the constitution of 55 Defendants.
The process was separate and there are still thirty -two defendants left, awaiting the decision of the Judges of the Court of Appeal of Évora, in light of the appeals presented by the Cuban Public Ministry, that if they are tried, they may benefit from the decision made on Friday afternoon by the Court of Judges of the Court of Beja.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
