http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2017-01-11-Julgamento-de-Pereira-Cristovao-adiadoThe final allegations of the trial of Paulo Pereira Cristóvão were postponed until the Supreme Court of Justice ruled whether or not the Central Criminal Court had jurisdiction to investigate the case in which the former vice president of Sporting is accused of being the Mentor of a wave of assaults in Lisbon and the south bank.
During the trial, three defendants admitted that they were hired by Pereira Cristóvão to make difficult charges.
The former sports official and former inspector of the Judiciary has pending in the Supreme Court an appeal contesting the jurisdiction of the court that conducted the investigation phase.
If the decision, which will be known on February 1, is favorable, the judgment may be annulled.
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http://observador.pt/2017/01/11/julgamento-de-paulo-pereira-cristovao-pode-ser-anulado-supremo-decide-a-1-de-fevereiro/Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, the former inspector of the Judiciary Police, in court with 17 other defendants, accused of forming a group to assault businessmen saying they were conducting searches in the name of justice, can see almost a year of judgment being overturned. This is because the defense of the former vice president of Sporting and former inspector of the PJ, pleaded a procedural issue that relates to the powers of the criminal investigating judge.
The first defense appeal was filed about a year ago, but the Court of Appeal did not give reason to Pereira Cristóvão. The appeal then went to the Supreme Court that on February 1 will decide the issue. "We have filed an extraordinary appeal that will now be decided and that having the expected outcome will result in the annulment of all the acts of the process. From the investigation phase to the trial, "Rui Costa Pereira, the lawyer of the former PJ inspector, said in a statement on Wednesday.
The trial began on June 1, 2016 and has already had 17 sessions, where dozens of witnesses were heard. The session on Wednesday, where the final allegations were scheduled to take place, has since been suspended.
Paulo Pereira Cristóvão is accused of criminal association, robbery, kidnapping, possession of prohibited weapon, abuse of power, violation of domicile by employee and falsification of document. Along with seven other defendants, including former Juve Leo leader Mustafa, three PSP agents and a drug dealer will have formed a criminal group to hold assaults on businessmen. According to the indictment of the Public Prosecution, the assaults were of extreme violence and situations of strangulation and use of firearms were reported.
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Heaven forbid he escapes justice on a legal technicality.