The seven soldiers of the Republican National Guard (GNR) who belonged to the Detachment of Vila Nova de Milfontes of the Territorial Command of Beja (CTBeja) start now on trial before the Court of Beja.
They are accused of mistreatment and kidnapping of immigrants. They were suspended from functions and return to active, after in 7 January of this year, the seven soldiers had been suspended after images of attacks on Hindustani workers were made public..
Since the measures were provisional, suspensions of 90 days that were extended for the same period and disarmament was another of the measures applied. How the suspension period expired, the military returned to active duty in the GNR.
The return of the military was confirmed to Lidador NotÃcias (LN) by a source from the CTBeja Communication and Public Relations Office, who added that “none of the seven elements is placed in the area of ​​this command, being unknown the places where they exercise serviceâ€, We concluded our interlocutor.
The investigation of the case was carried out by the Judiciary Police. (PJ) of Setúbal was revealed by LN in 22 September 2020, when there were still only four defendants and started following the arrests of five soldiers that took place in 2019, four from the Vila Nova de Milfontes Post and one from Odemira.
The inspectors seized the cell phones of the defendants, having detected photos and videos where Asian citizens were forced to do push-ups, jumping jacks and crawling both outside and inside the post. After glimpsing the images, the case was forwarded to the Odemira Public Prosecutor's Office, which extracted a certificate and ordered the investigation into an autonomous process.
Three of the military are involved in the first case judged by a Collective of Judges of the Court of Beja and in whose decision of 3 July 2020, the prison sentences, suspended in its execution. João Miguel Lopes was jailed for five years, while Rúben Candeias and Nelson Lima were sentenced to four years and three years and six months in prison, each.
Crimes of which they are accused
Reuben Candeias, of 26 born in Beja, He is accused of 11 crimes, six of which are offenses against qualified physical integrity, four of abuse of power and one of kidnapping.
Nelson Lima, of 30 born in Lajes-Praia da Vitória, Diogo Ribeiro, of 29 born in Arnóia-Celorico de Basto, and Nuno Andrade, of 33 born in Caçarilhe-Celorico de Basto, are accused of five crimes each, namely one of abuse of power and four of offense to qualified physical integrity.
Joao Miguel Lopes, of 31 years born in the Guard, He is charged with three crimes, one of abuse of power, one of offense to qualified physical integrity and one of kidnapping.
Carlos Figueiredo, of 32 years born in the Guard, and Paulo Cunha, of 27 born in Porto, are accused of two crimes each, namely one of abuse of power and one of offense to qualified physical integrity.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
