Spy Carvalhão Gil faces former SIS colleagues in court over espionage
Alleged spy Carvalhão Gil confronts former SIS colleagues in court. The defence attacks the system, refusing to admit the espionage charge.
Carvalhão Gil refuses to admit espionage and attacks system in court
Google News PT — Crime (pt) reports the outcome of the case that became known as "The Double Life of the Traitorous Spy": in court, defendant Carvalhão Gil directly confronted his former colleagues from the Information and Security Service (SIS).
The defence strategy consisted of attacking the system itself, rather than responding to the espionage accusations. According to Observador, Carvalhão Gil never admitted the crime that he is accused of.
However, the refusal to confess does not necessarily equate to innocence — a caveat that the account itself leaves implicit. The former Portuguese information services agent faces serious accusations, with his former SIS colleagues having testified against him in the course of the judicial proceedings.
Source: Google News PT — Crime (pt)