Mayor of Vidigueira and his wife were the target of coercion and threats by a couple who are starting to stand trial in the Beja Court today.
It begins today at the Court of Beja, the trial of a couple accused of the practice, in material co-authorship of six aggravated coercion crimes, the attempted form, in the person of the Mayor of Vidigueira and a crime of aggravated threat, in the finished form, in the person of the mayor's wife.
The facts occurred in the summer of 2018, after defendants, him 42 years and her 39 year old, have been informed that the Municipality did not have housing to provide to citizens.
Rui Raposo and his wife were the target of threats by the couple that took place both inside the Municipality building., like the door of Rui Raposo's room, in the village of Vila de Frades, which lies near 3 kilometers from the county seat.
Inside the city hall and in the presence of several employees, expressions such as: "I shoot the president", "Mato or president", “I'm going to get the shotgun and kill them all”, "I know where he lives", “I know who his family is”.
Not satisfied with the situation, on a Sunday afternoon, the couple went to Rui Raposo's room, where he met his wife and younger daughter and, after knocking on the door they demanded to speak to the mayor. As they were told that that one wasn't, the defendants, they repeatedly proclaimed to Rui Raposo's wife the expression: “Beware that we already know where they live and that they have a daughter”.
The couple will be tried using a collective court, chaired by Judge VĂtor Maneta, incurring prison terms of more than five years.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
