Lawyers for the former mayor of Funchal and the rest of the accused put forward a request for the immediate release of the detainees, which was appreciated by the judge. However, he rejected the immediate release of the three detainees. The interrogation ended and Pedro Calado answered only the judge’s questions, refusing to answer either the prosecutor’s office or the defense, saying that, according to investigators, he was “tired.” CM.
Criminal investigation judge Jorge Bernandez Melo called the remaining lawyers, Andre Navarro de Noronha and Raul Soares da Veiga, who represent Custodio Correia and Avelino Fariña respectively, to appear at the start of the arguments.
Pedro Calado was completing the third day of the investigation, which began this Thursday at around 10:10, according to the same source.
Leaving the court, the former mayor’s lawyer said he could not clarify whether Pedro Calado’s hearing would continue this afternoon, adding that “it is possible that cation measures will be introduced today.”
Defense attorneys for the remaining detained defendants, Custodio Correia and Avelino Faria, were called to comment on the measures taken by the prosecutor’s office.
According to CMThe diamond seized from Pedro Calado has already been examined by the Mint.
It is a synthetic stone whose value varies depending on the market price of real diamonds.
Pedro Calado is the third suspect to be heard in the Madeira investigation into alleged corruption, following businessmen Custodio Correia, the main shareholder of the Socicorreia construction group, and Avelino Fariña, the leader of the AFA construction group.
On January 24, the Judicial Police (JP) carried out some 130 searches at home and outside, mainly in Madeira, but also in the Azores and several areas of the continent, as part of the process of investigating suspicions of active and passive actions. corruption, economic involvement in business, malfeasance, receiving or offering of undue advantage, abuse of power and undue influence.
After the searches, the SP detained the then mayor of Funchal, Pedro Calado (PSD), who resigned, Avelino Fariña and Custodio Correia.
Author: Miguel Balanza, Lusa This Deborah Carvalho
Source: CM Jornal
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