German citizen suspected of the fire at the club's headquarters in Odemira, is in custody. Awaiting trial at the Beja Prison.
A Judge of Criminal Instruction of the Court of Odemira, decreed the preventive detention of a German citizen, of 35 year old, indicted for the practice of the crime of completely devastated fire, Saturday, the facilities and various material of the Fluvial Odemirense Club (CFO).
After being present yesterday afternoon to a judicial magistrate in the first interrogation and after knowing the application of the most serious measure, the defendant was sent to the Prison of Beja, where he will await trial.
The individual was arrested on Saturday, by inspectors from the Judicial Police (PJ) of the Criminal Investigation Department of Portimão, as the main suspect in the fire that broke out at dawn that day at the CFO. According to JN, the man was located and later detained in the town of Vila do Bispo, no Algarve, where did you run away after the crime, the motivations that led him to cause the fire are still unknown..
Right after the flames burst, people who went to the place, situated on the left bank of the river Mira, in Odemira, they noticed suspicious movements of a foreign registered vehicle that they photographed.
In possession of the GNR, the images were then handed over to the PJ inspectors, who took charge of the investigation, that quickly on the ground, identified and detained the suspect, as the institution reported in a statement, issued at the end of the afternoon of the same day.
late Saturday morning, the president of the CFO did not hesitate to point out suspects, do crime, justifying that he believed that "it was arson. One of the vessels was placed outside its storage space, in order to prevent the opening of the gate", justified IlÃdio Soares.
The leader of the Fluvial Odemirense Club, founded in 1984, and that has in its four 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 alert has been given 05,27 hours and when the Odemira Volunteer Firefighters (GFA) arrived at the place already the building was completely taken by the flames, having the commander of the corporation revealed that the building "was totally destroyed, besides many boats, navigation accessories and gym equipmentâ€, justified.
On its facebook page the club has already started a fundraising campaign, having provided a bank account number, to quickly acquire vessels and support material so that you can return to activity.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
