@ Anna
I don't recall having read any more about that. A man aged "around 50" visiting someone in prison could be anyone. It could be another half-baked leak.
The case was shelved, I believe. He is a friend of Amaral's now
I know that we cant rely on the press after what happened to Leonor and her family. The forum and stories on the internet aren't much better and there is very few if any, who get the details correct.
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This has not been checked, so it is Google which we apparently, now have to use!
19 april 2008 CDM
Beja: Arrested for carrying amphetamines and ecstasy
Lawyer caught with drugs in jail
The lawyer for Leonor Cipriano was arrested for drug possession, yesterday afternoon, at the entrance of the Beja Regional Prison, where he was talking with clients. João Grade dos Santos, 50, was visiting three inmates - one of Joana's mother - and, according to information from the Territorial Brigade of Évora GNR, Command prison guards found during the security screening, 45 doses of amphetamine and a quarter of a tablet of ecstasy.
The drugs were in a glasses case, one of the bags that transported the lawyer to deliver a German citizen, his client, held in February in Albufeira, on suspicion of drug trafficking.
João Grade dos Santos said yesterday that the CM did not know there were drugs in the bag and secured innocence. "My client is a foreigner and do not know anyone in the country," says the lawyer.
's Belongings have been arrested in the apartment where she lived when she was arrested - and that had been the target of search by the Judiciary - and the owner will need the same space. "They asked me to go get the bags I received from a lady of about 60 years - which offered me suspicious -., And delivered them at the gate of the prison without opening them I hoped, after the search, there was nothing illegal in that home, "he says.
The lawyer was already in the parlor of the Beja chain of its customers when it was "informed of the finding" reports. "It was an absolute surprise. I was astonished. Neither know what type of drug was for sure," says João Grade dos Santos. Heard how the defendant GNR Milfontes, where he was in his car yesterday afternoon left at liberty, after providing Term Identity and Residence.
Outraged by the fact that yesterday, the news of his arrest is already public knowledge, João Grade dos Santos is considered the victim in his honor: "We know now what is the secret of justice or the presumption of innocence." However, the barrister is confident that the situation - that ranked as "regrettable mistake" - has no impact on your career. "I have many years and proven. Such suspicions do not fit in my personality or the person I am. Just did a favor, in good faith, and no one was more surprised when the drug was found," he says.
ORDER SUPPORT WARRANT
The Chairman of the Delegation of Portimão Bar Association (OA) is integral with João Grade dos Santos and ensures that "OA is available to support you." "This is an excellent lawyer, of great character and integrity. Hopefully this is not a situation set up by someone less scrupulous and everything is cleared up quickly," said Carla Silva and Cunha, for whom "there was certainly a failure here, we do not know who. " "I have no doubt that the innocence of João Grade dos Santos will become established. A person in question would be unable, given their human and professional attributes of, in any way, violate the law," it said.
The lawyer for Leonor Cipriano was arrested for drug possession, yesterday afternoon, at the entrance of the Beja Regional Prison, where he was talking with clients. João Grade dos Santos, 50, was visiting three inmates - one of Joana's mother - and, according to information from the Territorial Brigade of Évora GNR, Command prison guards found during the security screening, 45 doses of amphetamine and a quarter of a tablet of ecstasy.
CM - I knew there were drugs in the bags of your client?
João Grade dos Santos - No. I gave them to the gate of the prison, where they would be searched, as I received them in Albufeira. The apartment of my client, held for trafficking, had been the target of search by PJ. I was astounded when the prison guards told me they had found drugs. I have been sucker, but I'm not a criminal.
Suspected trap?
- No. I believe that this was all a mistake, that the drug escaped the pursuit of PJ and the doaparthotel charge that handed me the bags also contained what he saw. l
AUTHORIZATION
Once that process is secret justice, João Grade dos Santos sought permission yesterday - and was granted - the Faro District Council of the Bar to provide statements to the media in defense of honor "in the same square where it is being hit hard, "despite being" completely innocent ".
UP TO 15 YEARS
João Grade dos Santos incurs aggravated trafficking crime - punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The situation is the result not only of the amount of drug, which is considered higher than for their own consumption, but also by being a lawyer.
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