Julio Magalhães, Francisco J. Márquez and Diogo Faria’s judgment on the disclosure of Benfica’s emails on the Porto Canal took place this Monday.
The defendants were charged with breach of correspondence, invasion of privacy and insulting a legal entity, the trial began last year.
The court sentenced Francisco J. Marquez to 1 year and 10 months in prison (probation) and 9 months to Diogo Faria (probation for one year). Two employees of Porto will also have to pay compensation in the amount of 10 thousand euros to Luis Filipe Vieira.
Francisco J. Marquez is the director of public relations for FC Porto, Diogo Faria is the director of content for Porto Canal and Julio Magalhães is a former director of Porto Channel and a current journalist for CNN Portugal.
FC Porto has already been sentenced to pay 1 million 600 thousand euros for distributing these emails.
Francisco J. Marquez used Twitter to ensure he “never” manipulated emails and stated that “the fight is on”.
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Updated June 12, 2023 | 18:57
Benfica lawyers ‘positive’ over sentencing
Benfica’s lawyers Rui Patricio and Joao Medeiros give a “positive assessment” and say the appeal will be decided after the verdict has been read.
“It was recognized that there was manipulation of information, lies and unreasonable behavior. Rivalry is great. Now rivalry can’t be at any cost.”
Francisco J. Marquez sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison. Diogo Faria, 9 months ago
The court issues a guilty verdict 1 year and 10 months in prison for Francisco J. Marquez (probation) and 9 months for Diogo Faria (conditionally for one year).
The two Porto officials will also have to pay compensation in the amount of 10 thousand euros to Luis Filipe Vieira.
Julio Magalhães acquitted of all crimes: ‘I had no way of preventing disclosure’ of emails
The judge acquitted Julio Magalhaes of all the crimes he was accused of.
“The Court understands that Julio did not have the opportunity to prevent this disclosure. The crime of unauthorized access has not been proven,” says Nuno Costa.
Francisco J. Marquez “did what is called information manipulation,” the judge says.
“At stake is the crime of violating the rules of telecommunications. And the behavior of the defendant Francisco Marquez in disclosing the emails in question falls under this type of crime,” the judge said.
The judge acknowledges that this is a “compilation of messages” that will be released with the cooperation of Diogo Faria.
“Defendant Francisco Marquez committed what is called manipulation of information.”
Nuno Costa explains that it was through the Porto Canal Universo Porto da Bancada program that Francisco J. Marquez created “an environment in which Benfica adhered to certain practices, such as priests and masses.”
Which “subsequently created the conditions for Benfica to adhere to certain practices,” he adds.
The referee recalls that J. Marquez used another email from Adao Mendes “to say that the SLB has eight referees”, which “probably offends the good name of Benfica”.
As for the publication of a book called “The Embodiment of the Octopus”, the court considers that there is no corpus delicti in it.
The judge acquitted the defendants in the case of violation of correspondence between Carlos Deus Pereira and Adao Mendez
“Unlike other situations in which the greatest difficulty lies in proving, in establishing the facts, here the opposite happened. The matter is extensive. But the essence of the matter is in the processes. The emails were being read in the process,” he starts by saying.
Nuno Costa mentions that Luis Bernardo admitted that a team was set up to track the emails.
The judge says that he will only “provide the main lines” since there are no defendants. Francisco and Diogo Faria “confirmed the participation of each of them in the process. They provided details on how everything was handled,” he says.
Nuno Costa cites assistants in the case. As for Carlos Deus Pereira: “Knowing that the emails have been deleted from Benfica’s servers and that he is the sender, he is not offended in this case.”
Regarding Adao Mendez: “You link to some emails without specifying if you were the sender or not. The defendants must be acquitted for breach of correspondence regarding Carlos Deus Pereira and Adao Mendez.”
Start reading the verdict
Lawyers from Porto and Benfica are already working at the Justice Campus
Benfica lawyers Rui Patricio and João Medeiros, assistants in the process, are already in place. where the verdict will be read.
After them came Nuno Brandão, a lawyer for FC Porto, who is defending three accused of breach of correspondence, invasion of privacy and insult to a legal person.
The three defendants will not appear.
Author: Deborah Carvalho This Tanya Orange
Source: CM Jornal
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