José Guerra, a 64-year-old taxi driver who set fire to a sawmill and fired a shotgun at firefighters and a GNR soldier in Vale de Madeiros, Nelas, is threatening to settle scores with his family if he is released.
The man is in a pre-trial detention center, but if he is not tried this Thursday, as planned, he will have to be released from Friday, as the maximum period of pre-trial detention ends.
José Guerra told the Viseu court that he had no intent to kill, but the truth is that on February 16, 2022, he hid in the basement and fired at three firefighters and a GNR soldier from a manhole, provoking them. injury.
He is accused of committing 12 crimes, the most serious of which are four qualified murders with aggravating circumstances, in the form of an attempt. The deputy asks to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 18 to 20 years.