The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) on Friday asked for sentences equal to or greater than five years’ actual imprisonment for 8 of the 13 accused in the Benfica “random criminals” case, with an additional intervention for the rape of a 16-year-old youth.
In closing arguments at the Justice Campus in Lisbon, the prosecutor believed that the sexual attack “was not youthful madness on the part of the accused, most of whom had no criminal record, but rather the exercise of power by some people for reasons that cannot be justified.” be achieved.” Let us remind you that the violation occurred in February 2022, after the futsal match between Benfica and Sporting. The main evidence in the deputy’s closing arguments was video surveillance. ABOUT CM You know there is footage of the attackers grabbing the victim while still inside the pavilion and then sexually assaulting her outside.
The deputy requested suspended sentences for the other five defendants in the case.
Author: Miguel Curado
Source: CM Jornal
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