There is a board dedicated to the Cipriano case so I don't propose to add further here other than to add that both Leonor and John Cipriano confessed to the killing of Joanna both prior to and some years after their trial. The assaults they sustained during the early days of the investigation have no relevance to those confessions.
They were both tried in a court of law and found guilty of murder. Their appeals were subsequently denied.
As for Correia, the subject of this topic, he is keeping his head down in his native Madeira.
And who can blame him if he is.
As you know I spent some time with Marcos. He was upset because his mother had been threatened ... and he himself had found empty cartridge shells on his balcony. And, of course, he was badly roughed up by thugs at Amarals infamous birthday party. He is a giant of a man ... and they tried to pull him thru the window of his car
He only mentioned these things after I had mentioned how a shot had been fired at my car as we drove at 70mph along the motorway. Seems it was aimed at the nearside tyre, because it hit the bumper immediately above the tyre. There is an official police report filed on this. The shot came from a passing car.
Until I told Marcos, he didn't know about the two Lawyers, one of whom lost his life and the other was seriously injured in an accident in the mountains. These lawyers had been investigating the (?Faro) PJ and injustices of the Michael Cook case and reputedly had found some substantial evidence against the PJ which they intended to present to Court. There was much talk at the time that the 'accident' was no accident ... but sabotage of their car
Marcos was too young and hadn't heard about this awful 'accident' ... but what I said must have troubled him. Especially as he was already aware of the brutality and lawlessness of some of the PJ.
Then there was Amarals golden bullet.
One of Marcos Aragao Correias clients was a man whose wife, Ana, had had a much regretted affair with Amaral. This man was threatened by Amaral with a Golden Bullet and veiled threats were made against the couples child
Amaral is not a nice man. Full stop.
It can be a dangerous business going against some of these awful people. At least I have Police protection; they also know names and facts.
More difficult for a person in Madeira (PT) to get Police protection against the Police there, I would think
Who can blame him for lying low and enjoying life with his Brazilian wife and his young family ?