Cascais court adjourns decision on guardianship of sister of teenager who killed mother
The Cascais court has adjourned the decision on the future of the younger sister of the 15-year-old boy who killed his mother. The fate of the four-year-old child remains uncertain.
Guardianship of four-year-old child in limbo following mother's homicide
The Cascais Court has adjourned the decision on the guardianship of the younger sister of the 15-year-old adolescent who killed his own mother, according to reporting by Google News PT based on news from Correio da Manhã and other Portuguese and Brazilian media outlets.
The child, who is four years old, was present at the moment her mother was killed by her older brother. Her legal and family future remains open after the court decided not to rule immediately on her guardianship.
Among the questions still to be resolved is the possibility of the girl being sent to Brazil, a possibility that, according to SAPO, is being examined by the competent authorities.
The defence lawyer for the 15-year-old declared to SIC Notícias that the crime "was an act of desperation that resulted from a broken promise", without providing further details on what may have motivated the violence.
The case, which involves a minor as defendant and another as direct victim of the consequences of the crime, raises questions of child protection that the Cascais court has not yet closed. No date for a new hearing was disclosed by the judicial authorities.
Source: Google News PT