Nearly two years after the accident that killed Nuno Santos, hit on the A6 road, on June 18, 2021, the then Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Cabrita, is in court as a defendant for the crime of negligent homicide during an instruction process. The interrogation will take place this Friday, from 10:30, in the Court of Evora. At the meeting, it will be clarified whether Eduardo Cabrita will appear before the court or not. His then head of security Nuno Diaz would also be heard.
The accident occurred at km 77.6 of the A6 motorway in the direction of Estremoz-Évora. The official car with the minister in the back seat raced. On December 3, 2021, the Ministry of Public Administration only charged driver Marco Pontes with negligent homicide. On the same day, the minister resigned. After several appeals, Nuno Diaz and Eduardo Cabrita became defendants, one in February and the other in April last year. Both were suspected a month later when Évora’s DIAP shelved the case. Already this year, and after new appeals, the Évora Court of Appeal realized that the former ruler should explain himself to the investigating judge. Untrained driver for driving with high personality
Marco Pontes’ defense argued in court during an instructive debate held in Évora at the request of the defendant last December that the driver was “restricted to follow orders” and that he had no special training for driving at high speeds. ranking individuals.
At the time, attorney Sandra Santos emphasized that “the PSP Personal Security Squad determines” how the official’s entourage travels, adding that the driver only “should follow” given orders.