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.
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Portuguese lawyer João Grade dos Santos found with drugs.
Correio da Manhã
18 April 2008
The arrest of the lawyer, 50, took place on Thursday afternoon as he prepared to visit two female inmates in prison Beja, which is no longer Leonor Cipriano, accused of the murder of his daughter and sentenced to 16 years in jail.
According to sources the GNR, the military security force detected amphetamines in individual doses equivalent to 45 and a quarter pill "ecstasy" amount.
The Court of Beja determined as a measure of coercion lawyer the disclaimer Identity and Residence (TIR).
The same source assured Lusa that the reclusive Leonor Cipriano is no longer at the Prison of Beja, but claimed to be unaware where he was transferred.
"I'm stunned by the whole situation," he explained to Lusa attorney. João Grade dos Santos said the bags were delivered to him "to take them to one of the inmates, whose house, where they were, had been subject to searches by the Judicial Police."
"I hope that the case be clarified with the utmost urgency, to defend my good name and my honor," added the lawyer.
João Grade Santos filed a complaint with the Public Ministry against five officers of the Judicial Police, under the Joana case. The lawyer accused the agents who followed the case of torturing their client to get a confession of the crime. The body of Joan, only 8 years old, never came up.
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Leonor Cipriano's lawyer suspended.
Marcos Correia says that disciplinary proceedings resulted from an abuse of Gonçalo Amaral's attorney.
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Marcos Aragão Correia was later suspended as a lawyer.
Leonor Cipriano's lawyer, Marcos Aragão Correia, was suspended this Thursday preventive function, following a complaint by António Cabrita, lawyer of former PJ inspector Gonçalo Amaral, who is being prosecuted in the Court of Faro, in the assault on mother of Joan process during an interrogation in PJ.
The information was advanced by the lawyer Marcos Correia IOLPortugalDiário, adding: "I've talked to the president of the Bar lord and the issue will now be unlocked."
Marcos Correia guarantee that today would still participate in the court of Faro in the continuation of the trial of the alleged torture of members of the PJ to his client. But according to Lusa agency, Judge Henry Peacock refused the request of the barrister to attend the hearing, ordering him to leave the room.
'The doctor will leave the good or evil in this courtroom, "said the judge.
Marcos Aragão Correia upheld the judge's order but went to the central chamber and the external service of the court to prepare an application.
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Leonor Cipriano's lawyer suspended.
Marcos Correia says that disciplinary proceedings resulted from an abuse of Gonçalo Amaral's attorney.
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Marcos Aragão Correia was later suspended as a lawyer.
Leonor Cipriano's lawyer, Marcos Aragão Correia, was suspended this Thursday preventive function, following a complaint by António Cabrita, lawyer of former PJ inspector Gonçalo Amaral, who is being prosecuted in the Court of Faro, in the assault on mother of Joan process during an interrogation in PJ.
The information was advanced by the lawyer Marcos Correia IOLPortugalDiário, adding: "I've talked to the president of the Bar lord and the issue will now be unlocked."
Marcos Correia guarantee that today would still participate in the court of Faro in the continuation of the trial of the alleged torture of members of the PJ to his client. But according to Lusa agency, Judge Henry Peacock refused the request of the barrister to attend the hearing, ordering him to leave the room.
'The doctor will leave the good or evil in this courtroom, "said the judge.
Marcos Aragão Correia upheld the judge's order but went to the central chamber and the external service of the court to prepare an application.
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I believe it was also to do with him breaking a code of court procedure in 2009