Paulo needn't despair - all he need do is appeal and the verdict is bound to be reversed.
Meanwhile, what has this thread got to do with Madeleine's disappearance ?
Oh I know, b....r all.
Not much. Apart from his bromance with Amaral.
What's that old saying? Ah yes, 'A man is known by the company he keeps'
So Paulo Pereira Cristóvão doesn't have to serve a day in a prison cell, is that the crux of it?
the police are protected in a fascist state
Get a grip.
its been confirmed by SIL
Portugal is a democracy dave.
Not a fascist state.
Perhaps you need to keep up to date.
portugal unfortunately needs to get up to date and leave its fascist past behind...it is still present
Case Cardinal: Paulo Pereira Cristóvão sentenced to four and a half years
May 27, 2016 - 15:39
Pereira Cristóvão, who faces two more lawsuits, was also sentenced to pay compensation of 40,000 euros to the former football assistant referee Jose Cardinal.
(http://mediaserver4.rr.pt/newrr/paulo_pereira_cristovao_foto_lusa37359f93.jpg)
The former vice president of Sporting president Paulo Pereira Cristóvão was sentenced Friday to four years and six months in prison, with suspended sentence and probation, under the "Case Cardinal". In the penalty will be discounted 15 months longer satisfied to prison.
Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, who faces two more lawsuits, was also sentenced to pay compensation of 40,000 euros for non-pecuniary damage, the former football assistant referee Jose Cardinal.
The also former Inspector of Judicial Police established a list of referees, assistants and observers with the tax identification number, bank identification number, income, ownership of movable and immovable property and identification of the spouse.
The former vice president of Sporting between March 2011 and June 2012 was also ordered to pay compensation of 500 euros for each of the 35 referees who constituted assistants in the process, which makes a total of 17,500 euros.
The court considered it proven two embezzlement crimes, an illegitimate access and a slanderous denunciation.
Sporting Clube de Portugal was acquitted of any involvement in an attempt to bribe the former referee.
The other defendant in the case, Victor Viegas, a close associate of Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, was acquitted of all crimes he was accused.
The judge in charge of the case ruled that the "evidence is unequivocal." The judge also found that the fault is particularly serious because Pereira Cristóvão was vice president of Sporting at the material time. Pereira Cristovao is also prevented from exercising the activity of sports official.
http://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/55225/caso_cardinal_paulo_pereira_cristovao_condenado_a_quatro_anos_e_meio?utm_source=sapo
its been confirmed by SILNo, it hasn't.
No, it hasn't.
(http://www.theportugalnews.com/uploads/news/page8_25.jpg)
Former PJ police colleagues Paulo Pereira Cristovão (pictured left) and Gonçalo Amaral, who also authored a book on Madeleine's disappearance (right) pictured outside the Faro Court in 2008.
So Paulo Pereira Cristóvão doesn't have to serve another day in a prison cell, is that the crux of it?
I notice he has been on house arrest after being released from Évora prison fitted with an electronic tag bracelet.
Cristovão also worked on the case involving the disappearance of Joana Cipriano, who was eight when she went missing in 2004 from her mother’s home in Figueira, located between Portimão and Lagos in the Algarve.
He was later accused of being present as his colleagues allegedly extracted a confession from Joana’s mother by resorting to physical violence. Leonor Cipriano signed a confession, but retracted it a day later alleging she had been beaten by police officers. According to police, the bruising on her face was due to her having fallen down a flight of stairs at the police station during the interrogation.
Cristovão was later cleared by a Faro court of any wrong-doing, but resigned from PJ police shortly afterwards.
He also published a book on the disappearance of Joana, of whom there is still no trace.
dare i ask what is the source for this...particularly the last paragraph
you said police get special treatment by the courtsI said, more than once, the following.
I said, more than once, the following.
Defamation of police officers, assuming it is proved, incur damages 50% above normal. This applies to a wide range of 'professions' or 'institutions', not just the police.
The laws in determining whether defamation has occurred are no different for anyone in Portugal.
so the police get special treatment from the courts
Where the offence is not so serious as to warrant a whole life order but the seriousness of the offence is particularly high the appropriate starting point is 30 years. The following examples are given:
a) the murder of a police or prison officer in the course of his duty;
You mean like...
#no I dont mean like
#no I dont mean like.... I mean this like...Try saying that in Portugal, and feel free to cough up the extra 50%.
there have been several reports of torture re portugal on the amnesty site...the police do it because they know they can get away with it
Try saying that in Portugal, and feel free to cough up the extra 50%.
#no I dont mean like.... I mean this like...
there have been several reports of torture re portugal on the amnesty site...the police do it because they know they can get away with it
Try saying that in Portugal, and feel free to cough up the extra 50%.
What a ghastly relic of the Salazar years. Hardly a great advert for Portugal, is it.
Hardly seems coherent with the "freedom of speech rules OK" mantra...
Absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann.
You may think so, and I may think so but putting that aside and the fact that had one of the McCann friends got as much as a parking ticket it would be cyberspace headlines; there is the issue that although Paulo Cristovao did not work on Madeleine's case he chose to write a book about her.
A book in which he "recycles some of the cruellest smears against the McCanns, such as the claim that Gerry did not get sufficiently involved in the children's routines. Such information, it claims, gave the police "an idea how the family functioned".
It also contains details that can have come only from inside the investigation: as a view of PJ thinking, it may well be as authentic an account as has yet been given."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-560696/Madeleine-The-damning-case-police-Britains-investigative-reporter.html#ixzz4AErW8adY
So in his own way Paulo Christovao actually had a great deal to do with Madeleine McCann and the subsequent manner in which her disappearance was reported.
That makes the character of the man one of great interest and his trials certainly put the spotlight on Portuguese jurisprudence.
I have asked for the relevance of this thread , and I still have not received an answer.
I have asked for the relevance of this thread , and I still have not received an answer.
He was PJ, a mate of Amarals and he wrote a book about the case.
So in my view, it is perfectly legitimate to have a thread about him on this forum, and given the number of responses there are clearly quite a few members here who agree. If you really do not like it, then it is not compulsory either to read or contribute to this thread.
I think it is possible that Paolo Cristovao had a great deal of influence on the public perception of Madeleine's parents. I think it equally possible on the other hand that he didn't. His book equally possibly had no relevance to the "five dead bodies" story or indeed any other story you care to think of. There is no way of measuring this so you pays yer money yer takes yer pick.
I doubt his inglorious departure was overlooked rather unremarked by most.
So we have another bent cop story together with imaginary causal links.
It may be right it may be wrong. Don't lay your purse on it either way.
Thank you for your words of wisdom on the subject.
I have asked for the relevance of this thread , and I still have not received an answer.
I find it odd if other policemen working closely with christoveo didnt know what he was up to
Well I don't know either way J-P. but I am prepared to be convinced by anyone who has pukkah gen than does not incorporate too much in the way of "I fink" "I fought" "imo" "well it must be" and "anyone with any intelligence".
Just the facts on which I can base an opinion.
It's yer actual trinity man Wackford Squeers, Joe Friday and Alice Purjorick ?{)(**
I think it is possible that Paolo Cristovao had a great deal of influence on the public perception of Madeleine's parents. I think it equally possible on the other hand that he didn't. His book equally possibly had no relevance to the "five dead bodies" story or indeed any other story you care to think of. There is no way of measuring this so you pays yer money yer takes yer pick.
I doubt his inglorious departure was overlooked rather unremarked by most.
So we have another bent cop story together with imaginary causal links.
It may be right it may be wrong. Don't lay your purse on it either way.
The Portuguese must really be proud of their senior police officers in the Algarve, such fine upstanding characters. @)(++(*
What makes you think that? Cristovao is a particularly nasty piece of work by all accounts, I hope the Portuguese do the right thing and lock him up permanently. In the meantime he has got off lightly with his 4½ year home detention, his leg tag should keep him out of trouble at least for the foreseeable future.
I think they can, Angelo, they have worked these corruption cases excellently which could not have been easy for them particularly if colleagues are involved, and which I think may even have presented an element of danger as well.
There is a lot of money and prestige for the criminals involved.
You will never get rid of all the bad apples ... but they at least have been trying and I think doing very well.
Ah well its pukkah gen that is a bit elusive.
But it does appear that, as regards the subject of this thread, we "know"
He was employed by the P.J.
He wrote a book about Madeleine's disappearance.
He has been convicted by a court of some wrongdoing,
He has three other cases coming up this week.
So "I fink" he is a worthy (sic) subject for discussion.
I do wonder why it is that many of the sceptics on this forum are convinced of the criminality of the McCanns and their friends, whilst it seems the sceptics heros are those who have fallen foul of the law - Amaral, Cristóvão, Tavares, even Bennett. Bad luck I suppose.
PS Your trinity man unaccountable leaves out Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
I think you will find that officers were brought in from Lisbon and other regions to weed out these criminals. Former colleagues are not permitted to investigate each other.
Ah well its pukkah gen that is a bit elusive.
But it does appear that, as regards the subject of this thread, we "know"
He was employed by the P.J.
He wrote a book about Madeleine's disappearance.
He has been convicted by a court of some wrongdoing,
He has three other cases coming up this week.
So "I fink" he is a worthy (sic) subject for discussion.
I do wonder why it is that many of the sceptics on this forum are convinced of the criminality of the McCanns and their friends, whilst it seems the sceptics heros are those who have fallen foul of the law - Amaral, Cristóvão, Tavares, even Bennett. Bad luck I suppose.
PS Your trinity man unaccountable leaves out Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
I think it is possible that Paolo Cristovao had a great deal of influence on the public perception of Madeleine's parents. I think it equally possible on the other hand that he didn't. His book equally possibly had no relevance to the "five dead bodies" story or indeed any other story you care to think of. There is no way of measuring this so you pays yer money yer takes yer pick.
I doubt his inglorious departure was overlooked rather unremarked by most.
So we have another bent cop story together with imaginary causal links.
It may be right it may be wrong. Don't lay your purse on it either way.
IIRC his book did not sell that well, it was badly written and not interesting at all. Hernâni de Carvalho's book was better. His opinion had very little if any influence on what people thought of the McCanns, most people had their minds made up already. He jumped on the bandwagon.
As for being Gonçalo Amaral's pal, they were never friends. They were only colleagues and not even in the same city. GA was in Faro and PPC in Lisbon.
Gonçalo was not convicted of falsifying evidence. He was convicted of false testimony, because he repeated what the other defendents told him what happened with Leonor in his report, as he was not present when the incident occurred. What else was he going to say.
IIRC his book did not sell that well, it was badly written and not interesting at all. Hernâni de Carvalho's book was better. His opinion had very little if any influence on what people thought of the McCanns, most people had their minds made up already. He jumped on the bandwagon.
As for being Gonçalo Amaral's pal, they were never friends. They were only colleagues and not even in the same city. GA was in Faro and PPC in Lisbon.
Gonçalo was not convicted of falsifying evidence. He was convicted of false testimony, because he repeated what the other defendents told him what happened with Leonor in his report, as he was not present when the incident occurred. What else was he going to say.
Just work colleagues who kept in touch after both were retired.
What's the saying ... you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relations (or work colleagues) ... but you can invite them to your birthday party.Aragão called the police, 05 October 2009(http://www.mccannfiles.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/gapc.jpg)
Marcos Aragão Correia at that time made an obscene gesture to the guests, who were on the street to make a toast after the fireworks. The lawyer was sitting in a car, with two other occupants, parked in front of the restaurant where the party took place, in Portimão's riverfront area. A witness – who was identified by the PSP – admitted to having threatened the lawyer after seeing him make the obscene gesture. After the threat, the lawyer, who was driving the vehicle, took off in a hurry with the tyres screeching, and returned, minutes later, accompanied by a PSP patrol.
When Gonçalo Amaral and Paulo Pereira Cristóvão (co-accused acquitted in the case of Leonor Cipriano) approached the PSP agents in the middle of the street, Aragão Correia fled running. The CM attempted to contact him yesterday, but he had his mobile phone disconnected.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id281.html
There were a lot of people at Gonçalo's birthday party and not all of them were close friends. There are always people who gravitate around famous people so that they can capture some of the spotlight and PPC is that type of person.
Maddie book cop goes on trial over violent robberies in Portugal
A FORMER Portuguese cop who angered Madeleine McCann’s parents with a controversial book has gone on trial over a string of violent robberies allegedly perpetrated by criminals posing as police officers.
By Gerard Couzens / Published 2nd June 2016(http://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/1/photos/594000/620x/UK-520155.jpg)
Paulo Pereira Cristovao, a pal of disgraced ex PJ detective Goncalo Amaral, was accused by a co-defendant of helping to mastermind two of the home raids on the opening day of the trial on Wednesday.
Nuno Vieira Mendes said he and Pereira Cristovao waited outside both properties while alleged accomplices with false search warrants went in posing as police officers and stole thousands of pounds.
He also told a court in Lisbon trying 18 people including the ex police officer that he tried to get him involved in a third operation on the Algarve he described as a "debt collection".
Pereira Cristovao, who left the PJ after a torture trial Amaral was also implicated in, was arrested two years ago and accused of marking out wealthy victims for accomplices who tricked their way into homes in police uniform.
The 18 suspects, on trial for a string of crimes including membership of a criminal gang, robbery, kidnap, possession of a prohibited weapon and abuse of power, include three police officers and a drugs trafficker.
Pereira Cristovao, 48, has been a constant critic of Kate and Gerry McCann and called for them to be arrested for leaving their children alone in their Algarve holiday apartment after Madeleine vanished in May 3 2007.
He claimed in a 2008 book called The Star of Madeleine that the toddler was dead and her body had been dumped at sea.
He mysteriously claimed two of the McCanns' holiday pals - the so-called Tapas Seven - were "fundamental" to discovering the truth about Madeleine.
The couple's spokesman Clarence Mitchell called his comments "hurtful and distressing" and accused him of trying to profit from the McCanns' misfortune.
Pal Goncalo Amaral, who recently overturned a libel damages ruling over his best-selling book The Truth of The Lie which the McCanns are appealing, was found guilty of falsifying evidence in the same case.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/520155/Madeleine-McCann-cop-trial-violent-robberies-Portugal-controversial-book
IIRC his book did not sell that well, it was badly written and not interesting at all. Hernâni de Carvalho's book was better. His opinion had very little if any influence on what people thought of the McCanns, most people had their minds made up already. He jumped on the bandwagon.On what basis do you say they were never friends? Can we have a cite please?
As for being Gonçalo Amaral's pal, they were never friends. They were only colleagues and not even in the same city. GA was in Faro and PPC in Lisbon.
Gonçalo was not convicted of falsifying evidence. He was convicted of false testimony, because he repeated what the other defendents told him what happened with Leonor in his report, as he was not present when the incident occurred. What else was he going to say.
One get's the impression of here as of guilt by association with another party.
So who did the Mccann's have dealings with ?
AFAIK - None of the McCanns friends or work colleagues have been arrested and/or charged with any crimes.
Halligen.
IMO there is no credible comparison because Halligen (unlike Amaral/Cristovao) was not and never had been a friend or work colleague of either of the McCanns.
The McCanns were the victims of Halligen's unlawful activities. As far as I know Amaral is not a victim of Cristovao's unlawful activities.
Therefore to claim 'similarities' is a non-starter IMO.
Maddie book cop goes on trial over violent robberies in Portugal
A FORMER Portuguese cop who angered Madeleine McCann’s parents with a controversial book has gone on trial over a string of violent robberies allegedly perpetrated by criminals posing as police officers.
By Gerard Couzens / Published 2nd June 2016(http://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/1/photos/594000/620x/UK-520155.jpg)
Paulo Pereira Cristovao, a pal of disgraced ex PJ detective Goncalo Amaral, was accused by a co-defendant of helping to mastermind two of the home raids on the opening day of the trial on Wednesday.
Nuno Vieira Mendes said he and Pereira Cristovao waited outside both properties while alleged accomplices with false search warrants went in posing as police officers and stole thousands of pounds.
He also told a court in Lisbon trying 18 people including the ex police officer that he tried to get him involved in a third operation on the Algarve he described as a "debt collection".
Pereira Cristovao, who left the PJ after a torture trial Amaral was also implicated in, was arrested two years ago and accused of marking out wealthy victims for accomplices who tricked their way into homes in police uniform.
The 18 suspects, on trial for a string of crimes including membership of a criminal gang, robbery, kidnap, possession of a prohibited weapon and abuse of power, include three police officers and a drugs trafficker.
Pereira Cristovao, 48, has been a constant critic of Kate and Gerry McCann and called for them to be arrested for leaving their children alone in their Algarve holiday apartment after Madeleine vanished in May 3 2007.
He claimed in a 2008 book called The Star of Madeleine that the toddler was dead and her body had been dumped at sea.
He mysteriously claimed two of the McCanns' holiday pals - the so-called Tapas Seven - were "fundamental" to discovering the truth about Madeleine.
The couple's spokesman Clarence Mitchell called his comments "hurtful and distressing" and accused him of trying to profit from the McCanns' misfortune.
Pal Goncalo Amaral, who recently overturned a libel damages ruling over his best-selling book The Truth of The Lie which the McCanns are appealing, was found guilty of falsifying evidence in the same case.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/520155/Madeleine-McCann-cop-trial-violent-robberies-Portugal-controversial-book
I think that last sentence by the Daily Star is wrong. What case?
The Judicial Court of Faro condemned yesterday afternoon, the former coordinator of the Judicial Police (PJ), Goncalo Amaral (now retired) to a year in prison for perjury during the investigation of Joana case
http://www.dn.pt/dossiers/sociedade/caso-joana/noticias/interior/leonor-cipriano-foi-torturada-mas-nao-ha-prova-de-culpados-1241588.html
I know that. What I am asking is why is the Daily Star suggesting GA was found guilty in "the same case"...the article is nothing to do with the Cipriano case
It's lazy journalism, Mercury. See post #59 for original Sun article. Star reporter has just omitted chunks of it which makes their article erroneous.
It's lazy journalism, Mercury. See post #59 for original Sun article. Star reporter has just omitted chunks of it which makes their article erroneous.
Thanks. But it seems the Sun has made a dogs dinner of it as well, even if it related fhe Cipriano case, IMO clearly trying to link the two, I wouldn't expect any better, from laziness or deliberateness, so not surprised either way. The purpose was obvious, but no matter, it will not influence anything.
It is the STAR, Misty.
If you know about the Madeleine and Joana cases it is easy enough to interpret. I don't think there is any intention to impugn Mr Amaral or to suggest he had anything to do with the post PJ career that Cristivao is alleged to have been involved in and for which he is being tried.
Just lazy cut and paste work.
Perhaps the journalist should have had his sentences ... "Paulo Pereira Cristovao, a pal of disgraced ex PJ detective Goncalo Amaral ... " and "Pereira Cristovao, who left the PJ after a torture trial Amaral was also implicated in ... " a bit closer to his concluding sentence ... "Pal Goncalo Amaral, who recently overturned a libel damages ruling over his best-selling book The Truth of The Lie which the McCanns are appealing, was found guilty of falsifying evidence in the same case." ... without all the chit chat in between.
That would have avoided any confusion about which case was being referred to.
It appears some are intent on smearing by association anyone involved or linked no matter how distantly to anyone involved in the McCann case.
It appears some are intent on smearing by association anyone involved or linked no matter how distantly to anyone involved in the McCann case.
I don't agree with you about Cristovão.
As a somewhat prolific ex-PJ mccannswhatdunnit media commentator and author of a book that appears to be based on garbled PJ leaks wrapped up as fiction, and as someone who got sentenced to a 120-day disciplinary suspension over the Cipriano torture saga, followed by getting kicked out of the PJ, and who has now been convicted of various crimes, with more trials (of even a more serious nature) to follow are bound to interest people who have followed the McCann case.
What of over authors/writers who have produced books on the case ?
What involvement did Cristovao have in the mccann case Carana ?
What I said above.
Was he involved in the PJ's investigation of the case Carana ?
Not officially, as far as I know. Your point being?
Well that is blatantly obvious.
I wonder where he got his mangled information from if he wasn't involved in the investigation?
A few extracts (or possibly summaries) here:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/estrela-de-madeleine-by-paulo-pereira.html
Well that is blatantly obvious.
The attempts to distance christovao from the McCann case, and from Amaral are disable, puzzling and pointless. Perhaps better to admit that chrisovao was a mate of amarals and was sufficiently involved to write and publish a book on the Madeleine investigation. This wriggling, whilst amusing, is so unbecoming. 8(0(*
Have you read the book extracts JP ? Much of what Cristovoa wrote was simply wrong or was already in the public domain. What is unbecoming, and slightly reeks of desperation, is supporters trying to suggest guilt by association every time someone known by Amaral, even slightly, is accused of criminal activities.
I wonder where he got his mangled information from if he wasn't involved in the investigation?
A few extracts (or possibly summaries) here:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/estrela-de-madeleine-by-paulo-pereira.html
It is truly dreadful, faith.Can't imagine Faithlilly would be able to contain herself if Summers & Swann were found guilty of fraud / armed robbery / shoplifting / whatever...
Two points - first off Amaral does seem to unlucky in his friends - so many of them seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Maybe just coincidence.
And secondly if anyone even vaguely associated with the McCanns received so much as a speeding ticket, certain elements would be all over it and subjecting it to endless scrutiny. I am not sure you can expect criminal convictions of Amaral or his friends to be totally ignored.
It is truly dreadful, faith.
Two points - first off Amaral does seem to unlucky in his friends - so many of them seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Maybe just coincidence.
And secondly if anyone even vaguely associated with the McCanns received so much as a speeding ticket, certain elements would be all over it and subjecting it to endless scrutiny. I am not sure you can expect criminal convictions of Amaral or his friends to be totally ignored.
Slag Cristovoa as much as you like, he does seems a thoroughly nasty individual but don't pretend that the fact that he was an acquaintance of Amaral tars Amaral with the same brush.
Ever heard the saying you can judge a man by the company he keeps?
Have you read the book extracts JP ? Much of what Cristovoa wrote was simply wrong or was already in the public domain. What is unbecoming, and slightly reeks of desperation, is supporters trying to suggest guilt by association every time someone known by Amaral, even slightly, is accused of criminal activities.
Some of the garbled "facts" do appear to have been already leaked in the media under Amaral's watch, e.g., the 12 (sic) bottles of wine, which was Sol's somewhat misleading "scoop" back in June 07 or whenever it was.
I wonder where he got the details of the dog alerts from? &%+((£
So it's not so much clutching at straws but clutching at a cliche ?It's a proverb actually, like the pot calling the kettle black, or you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Nuggets of truth neatly encapsulated in a pithy epithet. Or clichés if you prefer... @)(++(*
The attempts to distance christovao from the McCann case, and from Amaral are disable, puzzling and pointless. Perhaps better to admit that chrisovao was a mate of amarals and was sufficiently involved to write and publish a book on the Madeleine investigation. This wriggling, whilst amusing, is so unbecoming. 8(0(*
It's a proverb actually, like the pot calling the kettle black, or you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Nuggets of truth neatly encapsulated in a pithy epithet. Or clichés if you prefer... @)(++(*
Slag Cristovoa as much as you like, he does seems a thoroughly nasty individual but don't pretend that the fact that he was an acquaintance of Amaral tars Amaral with the same brush.
As to Summer and wife I'm more disappointed than critical. Perhaps Tom Mangold simply brought out the literary best in him in a way his wife doesn't ?
In the wider sense, as always, you're peddling a cliche.That's just rude.
If the number of bottles of wine consumed was wrong isn't it possible that it was simply made up by the newspaper and wasn't a 'leak' at all ?
As to the dog alerts we'd first have to find out if Crisovoa's book was published after September 2007.
I still don't understand what you are referring to, Faith. Could you be a little more explicit?
No, he was busy peddling his book about Joana in Sept 2007.
An interview on his book on the Madeleine case is dated 3 March 2008, in which he states that it took him 5 months to write...
http://www.destak.pt/artigo/8566
I'm sorry Carana I know little about these books. Was the Madeleine book published before the Joana one ?
His book on Joana was published on 4 Sept 2007 (after he appears to have been kicked out of the PJ).
http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/paulo-pereira-cristovao/ministra-nega-recurso-a-pereira-cristovao-de-pena-aplicada-pela-pj
http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/a-estrela-de-joana-de-paulo-pereira-nas-bancas_n162378
His book on the Madeleine case was published on 18 March, 2008.
I haven't checked when his promo tour actually started, but from the Destak article (3 March 2008), he states that it took him 5 months to write.
No, he was busy peddling his book about Joana in Sept 2007.
An interview on his book on the Madeleine case is dated 3 March 2008, in which he states that it took him 5 months to write...
http://www.destak.pt/artigo/8566
He says his 'justification' for writing the book "A Estrela de Madeleine" was his desire to defend the reputation of the PJ and the reputation of Portugal.
In my opinion few have dragged the reputation of both through the mud with such vigour and single minded application of criminality than Cristovao.
I refer only to the proven charges against him ... without taking into consideration the heinous crimes of which he stands accused and for which he is currently on trial.
TBH Carana due to the liable laws in this country I think it would be very difficult for any journalist to write a balanced book on the case.
Thank you Carana.
So his book on Madeleine was written sometime after September 2007 when the dog information was in the public domain.
When did the details of the dog alerts in McCann-related areas get leaked?
By the same token you could ask what is the relevance of the Cipriano thread given the girl was murdered?
You say.
No proof what-so-ever that Joana is dead ... just the ramblings of Amaral and Christavao, both of whom are convicted criminals.
To remind you, tortured out stuff is NOT evidence at all. People will say what they are told to say if the pain is too great.
Wrong thread sadie.You are wrong Stephen
Take it to the Cipriano ones.
You are wrong Stephen
I am correcting a statement that Angelo made on this thread on June 1st @ 02.45.41.
This is the correct thread.
Where is the Cipriano case in the thread title ?As you well know, I am answering an accusation that Angelo made on this thread.
As you well know, I am answering an accusation that Angelo made on this thread.
Drop the hassle please.
Well both of you can take it to the Cipriano thread.
Why don't you send angelo a pm telling him to move it
Send one to John too as he introduced the ciprianos case onto this thread
JUSTICE
Repetition of the instruction of the process of Paulo Pereira Cristóvão starts in March
Former inspector of the Judiciary Police and 17 other defendants are accused of violent assaults on residences.
LUSA January 5, 2018, 5:35 p.m.
The Cascais Criminal Investigation Court (TIC) scheduled for March the new investigative phase of the process in which Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, https://www.publico.pt/2017/07/13/sociedade/noticia/tribunal-de-instrucao-de-cascais-decide-sobre-processo-de-paulo-pereira-cristovao-1779051 a former inspector of the Judiciary Police, and 17 other defendants are accused of violent assaults on residences.
In September last year, the Cascais ITC annulled the investigation phase and, consequently, the whole trial that began in June 2016, following the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice declaring the "material incompetence" of the Central Court of Criminal instruction for the completion of the investigation phase, after appeal by the defense of Pereira Cristóvão.
Accordingly, the Cascais ITC marked the repetition of the instruction - an optional phase to prove the prosecution of the Public Prosecutor or the closure of the case - at 9:30 am on March 2 -, on which day seven witnesses are to be examined and the hearing a defendant who has expressed a willingness to speak, explained this Friday to the agency Lusa judicial source. The training debate was scheduled for March 9.
Although the process belongs to the ICT of Cascais, this new phase of investigation, in which it will be decided whether or not the defendants go to trial, will be held in the Court of Sintra due to the high number of defendants.
In September of last year, the ICT of Cascais annulled the previous stage of instruction and, consequently, the trial. "I annul all the evidence produced in the investigation, as well as the instructional debate and the investigation decision, which, consequently, and in the face of a new production of evidence, must inevitably be repeated," said the order of the criminal investigation judge, Cristina Henriques Esteves , to which the agency Lusa had at the time access.
The judgment, also annulled, began in June 2016 at the Central Criminal Instance of Lisbon, but was suspended on 16 February last year by the panel of judges, pending the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice, which would later declare "Material incompetence" of the Central Criminal Investigation Court for the conduct of the investigation phase.
The defense of the former Judicial Police inspector had brought an action to annul the act that declared the investigation phase open, claiming "material incompetence of the Central Criminal Investigation Court" (TCIC) to deal with the crimes in question. The defense stated that this stage should have been carried out by the Court of Criminal Instruction of Cascais.
The appeal reached the Supreme Court of Justice, which declared the TCIC incompetent to carry out the investigation phase and referred the case to the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa (TRL). The TRL decided, in turn, to send the case back to Judge Carlos Alexandre, of the Central Court of Criminal Investigation, who referred them to the ICC in Cascais. This court annulled the whole process up to the investigation stage, including the trial, and ordered the repetition of the investigation phase.
The Cascais ICT also admitted the requests for the opening of instruction presented by five of the defendants.
The 18 defendants, including three policemen and leone Juve Leo cheerleader Nuno Vieira Mendes, known as Mustafa, respond by criminal association, robbery, kidnapping, possession of a prohibited weapon, abuse of power, violation of domicile by employee and document forgery.
According to the indictment of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, a former inspector of the PJ and also a former vice-president of Sporting, two other defendants and the three police gathered information and decided which people and places to assault by the group, namely in the Lisbon area and on the south bank of the Tagus River. The information was then transmitted to the other elements, which formed the operational side of the alleged criminal network.
https://www.publico.pt/2018/01/05/sociedade/noticia/repeticao-da-instrucao-do-processo-de-paulo-pereira-cristovao-arranca-em-marco-1798287
I'll take Cristovao and I'll raise you this lot :
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/met-police-officer-child-pornography-indecent-images-possess-adam-cox-paedophile-diplomatic-a8058731.html
http://news.met.police.uk/images/guilty-michael-harrington-1086599
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17315764
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/09/metropolitan-police-officer-guilty-assault
I'm sure the Portuguese people and the Policia Judiciaria would just love you to take Paulo ... it would protect the former and save the latter a lot of embarrassment by association.
However despite your willingness to take him, that will not be possible. You may note from the cite I provided that the Portuguese Courts have other plans for him.
Karma? But I'm not holding my breath.
Posted by PORTUGALPRESS on June 25, 2015
Flamboyant former Sporting FC vice-president admits to being criminal mastermind
His arrest shocked the nation in March - not only for the crimes allegedly involved, but for the fact that Paulo Pereira Cristóvão was a media high-flyer.
A former PJ detective, he went on to be a popular television commentator, president of Portugal’s association of missing children and even vice-president of one of Portugal’s top football clubs.
Thus what would have impelled him to become a ‘spy’ for a criminal gang that posed as policemen to raid VIP homes in and around Lisbon, baffled all and sundry.
But ‘spy’ he appears to have been.
According to news reports this morning, it was Pereira Cristóvão’s admission to being the brains behind at least two of the robberies which led super-judge Carlos Alexandre to deciding to let him leave the country’s now infamous Évora jail on an electronic bracelet.
Unlike fellow inmate former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates - whose disdain for jailbird bling has led him to remain behind bars through the sweltering Alentejo heat - Cristóvão appears to have had no such qualms, and is already reported to be back home in Lisbon.
He is unlikely to be stuck for things to do under house arrest, as he is still involved in another case against him - alleging criminal activities during his time at Sporting.
Cristóvão’s unlikely career includes penning a book centred on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and being accused of torturing the mother of another missing Algarve child, in order to get a confession that she had been involved in the child’s death.
This latter event ended with Pereira Cristóvão and two other PJ colleagues being absolved.
The judicial ruling on the case was itself bizarre: “It is known that the agent of the crime (of torture) was an agent of the PJ but it has not been proved who practised the facts.”
Cristóvão was arrested over these latest allegations suspected of qualified robbery, kidnapping and criminal association. He spent three months in the cramped jail that has been the home of José Sócrates now for more than seven.
natasha.donn@algarveresident.com
http://portugalresident.com/flamboyant-former-sporting-fc-vice-president-admits-to-being-criminal-mastermind
You've got to admit that the guy doesn't lack chutzpah: he and his associates are charged with some pretty horrific crimes but he could still take time out to comment about Madeleine's case in 2017.
Seems he just can't let it go and it seems some still give him some credibility despite his chequered criminal career.
It seems like some can't refrain from commenting on him either.
BTW I hear Mafeking has been relieved..... 8(>((
I'm sure the victims of this gang of thugs are @)(++(* in the knowledge that the perps are free to carry on robbing until the justice system sorts itself out.
In most towns in most countries you can get your 'ead kicked in if you know where to go.
It has been like it for my lifetime I don't espect it to change anytime soon.
This is currently in Winchester Crown Court. Not coppers admittedly but I doubt that matters much if you wind up jed.
You don't expect to be brutally beaten in your own home, Alice, having been targeted as a result of intelligence from a corrupt ex-cop. But yes, the UK has their own "Night Watcher" on the loose right now.
Scary old world innit ?
It's where we live, shit 'appens, learn to live with it and take appropriate action. Learn that it's not just a Portuguese problem........much as some may try to tell us it is.
I'm sure the victims of this gang of thugs are @)(++(* in the knowledge that the perps are free to carry on robbing until the justice system sorts itself out.
Don't the UK normally remand the more violent type of criminal in custody? I'd hate to think we'd have allowed PPC to wander free & offer football opinion on Sky Sports.
Did you watch the programme on the Old Bailey tonight?
No, Liverpool were playing. Which programme. please, so I can watch it on Catch-up?
Snip
It is recalled that in the process are also accused of the same crimes three agents of the PSP: Elói Fachada, Luís Conceição and Telma Freitas. They were the group's operatives. They entered armed and uniformed.
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=6218.msg370676#msg370676
The list of charges against the members of this gang detail heinous crimes. Using their positions as law enforcement officers being one of the more chilling aspects of their MO.
I find it informative that there are those who make light of the crimes they are accused of and Cristóvão's role in them.