people on here have said amaral also beat her when he didnt
SnipMeanwhile, and in the absence of any evidence, the five officers involved became aggressive, shouted and unsuccessfully tried to convince her to confess, after which the torture began.
The torture lasted for two days, after which she signed a confession,
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/may/portugal-report-on-torture-suffered-by-leonor-cipriano/Morais identifies the five as ...
- PEREIRA CRISTÓVÃO
- LEONEL MARQUES
- PAULO MARQUES BOM
- NUNES CARDOSO
- GONÇALO AMARAL
and three of these are the ones who stood trial for torture although only two were convicted of 'lesser' crimes ... Amaral being one.
SnipThe ministerio publico (MP) - district attorney - charged three officers with torture, a fourth with omission of evidence and a fifth with falsification of documents.
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It is alleged that the beating took place as Cipriano was questioned without a lawyer, according to the Portuguese Expresso newspaper.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/maddie-cop-attacked-mum-994951SnipIn May, the Faro Court sentenced Gonçalo Amaral to a year and a half in prison with a suspended sentence for false testimony in the case of the aggressions against Leonor Cipriano.
It was taken for granted that Leonor Cipriano was assaulted in the PJ by unidentified elements of the Judiciary, and did not fall on the stairs, as was suggested. However, the court was unable to determine the perpetrators of the attacks.
https://www.publico.pt/2009/07/01/sociedade/noticia/mp-acusa-exinspector-da-pj-goncalo-amaral-de-tortura-a-leandro-silva-1389690