V.NS.Bento / Serpa: Seven years in prison for burning down the house and beat his wife.
Seven years in prison for burning down the house and beat his wife. The defendant was acquitted of first degree murder, attempted in shape and strength and filtration on official.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison the guy who burned down the house, pile beds having, tables and chairs, watered furniture with gasoline and set it on fire, the individual was meant to avenge the son, but the court acquitted the offense of aggravated homicide, the attempted form.
In addition to this crime, Francisco Pateira, 59 year old, born in Vila Nova de São Bento, Serpa county, He was also accused of crimes of domestic violence aggravated, Fire and qualified disobedience, not having been convicted of the crime of resistance and coercion on employee.
VÃtor Maneta, president of the Collective of Judges of the Court of Beja, Francisco Pateira condemned for the crime of domestic violence 3 years and 6 months in prison, by fire 4 years and 6 months and disobedience to 6 months, which resulted in a single penalty 7 years in prison.
After several threats to women, which was the subject of domestic violence, that was killing her and pulled the fire house, telling you: "Rego you with gasoline and pull you fire or run over you with the car". On 18 June last year, Francisco, heaped sofas, tables and chairs, next to her son's room and when it is collected in the room, watered furniture with gasoline and set it on fire.
Unfulfilled, Francisco Pateira, placed in front of the house, armed with a kitchen knife about 10 blade cm, trying to prevent popular and firefighters from entering the housing. The defendant was further in its aggressive attitudes, to be barred by the military GNR entering the house, He threw himself to the guards, eventually tear the shirt one.
The accused, in custody in Prison Beja was also ordered to pay civil damages to the woman and the child and to bear the cost has caused injury, verified within the housing, which stood at around 15.000 euros.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
