Does anyone know the mechanism for paying this man's bill for work done on behalf of Leonor Cipriano?:
João Grade dos Santos.
Was it by benefactor, the Cipriano family or was he acting as a public defender?
Poor Sra Cipriano. She elbows João Grade dos Santos right at the last knockings in favour of Marcos Aragão Correia, loses the case then is sent down, well look on the bright side it didn't cost her anything thanks to a benefactor
Then when she's in court next time around Marcos Aragão Correia had legged it only for LC to have a public defender appointed to act on her behalf. That didn't go too well either. Why didn't the benfactor stump up for the bill this time around? Same woman near enough the same case. Had the benefactor changed his mind about LC or had she served her turn?
You obviously haven't been reading on here.
The poor, such as Leonor, get a free lawyer to represent them in PT. So neither Grade nor Corrreia got paid.
Presumably she heard about Grade being caught carrying drugs ... and as he was a buddy of Amaral, had uneasy feelings about him. He was at Amarals 50th Birthday bash when Correia was roughed up very badly outside ... as was his client, also with him.
Not only was Marcos Aragao Correia badly roughed up, but his mother (and sister IIRC) was threatened, and he found empty cartridge shells on his balcony. Add to this the fact that his client, who had also been roughed up, had received a phone call from allegedly Amaral threatening to put a golden bullet between his eyes ... and also allegedly making veiled threats against his small child.
Where does the Benefactor come in ? Have you dreamt that up? Leonor was entitled to free legal aid.
