Portugal: young man sentenced to six years in prison for inciting attempted murder in Brazil
An 18-year-old Portuguese youth has been sentenced to six years in prison for moral complicity in an attempted murder in Brazil, child sexual abuse material and incitement to violence against animals.
Portugal: young man sentenced to six years in prison for inciting attempted murder in Brazil
The court of Santa Maria da Feira, in northern Portugal, delivered its judgment this Wednesday: an adolescent highly active on social media was sentenced to a total prison sentence of six years. The young man, now eighteen years old, was sixteen at the time of the acts.
The judges found him guilty of moral complicity in an attempted murder committed in Brazil, but also of possession and dissemination of child sexual abuse material, as well as of having incited other adolescents to inflict violence on animals.
The case dates back to October 2023, when a sixteen-year-old boy opened fire on several classmates at a school in the state of São Paulo. This attack caused one death, a seventeen-year-old pupil, and three wounded among the adolescents present. The Portuguese young man was accused of having influenced the perpetrator of the shooting.
The magistrate Pedro Botelho Vieira, however, downplayed the extent of the defendant's culpability. According to him, the portrait drawn by the prosecution — that of a "monster" responsible for the most hateful acts — was "manifestly exaggerated". The court also found that the vast majority of the two hundred and thirty acts alleged had not been proven. The adolescent was thus acquitted of the majority of the charges, including with regard to the Brazilian attack.
The Public Ministry maintained that the convicted person led a group of young people on the Discord platform, where violent acts against people or animals were carried out and filmed. The proceedings have been held in camera since February.
Source: Le Quotidien
Source: Le Quotidien