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This Thursday, the Public Ministry requested in the Court of Braga the sentence for the crime of receiving a woman from Braga tried for the charge of the Public Ministry of having stolen, in 2015, with her then partner, Mário Fernandes, the house. of the businessman Domingos Névoa, in Braga, stealing a Mercedes and 35 valuables.
Request extended to the other nine defendants, alleged members of two groups that robbed the Santander bank in Braga and ten houses in the districts of Braga and Viana do Castelo
The Prosecutor considered, in the final arguments, that the accused did not participate in the assault, but agreed to keep the objects, knowing that they did not belong to her, in this case, and among others, with a Luís Vitton suitcase and Prada glasses. owned by the businessman’s daughter.
In February 2017, the woman was found by Névoa’s daughter at the Pipa Pharmacy with the suitcase, who recognized it, since she had personalized it at the time of purchase. He went to her, but she fled the scene. Later, he investigated on Facebook and saw that he had posted a photo with glasses like hers.
The deputy says that the couple, displeased with the terms of a debt settlement agreement with the firm of businessman Carclasse, decided to rob their home. In total, the stolen car and 35 objects are worth 117 thousand euros.
In July 2017, GNR found four of the stolen items at Cristina and Mário’s home.
All doomed
Yesterday, the deputy asked for the conviction of the ten defendants tried for robberies in the Santander bank and homes in the Miño region, although in a few cases, he “abandoned”, asking for acquittal, some crimes.
The trial involved two different groups: one that carried out the assault on Santander (four million euros) and the house of singer Delfim Júnior, in Arcos de Valdevez -which won 280,000 euros- and a restaurant in Ponte de Lima, where 200,000 they were stolen.
For this group, which includes the PSP agent Carlos Alfaia and three other defendants, the magistrate requested the conviction of a criminal association and theft.
For the other, who carried out minor or less profitable robberies, he requested the acquittal of this crime, although he suggested the conviction for theft. In this case, it considered that, contrary to what attacked Santander, there was no criminal organizational structure among those involved.
4.7 million
As reported by the MINHO, the Public Ministry evaluated the accusation at 4.7 million euros, not counting the foreign currency, the stolen money. Only in the bank they took 2.6 million in cash and 400 pieces stored in 52 safes. In total, four million. Among the injured are also the businessman Domingos Névoa, the Limiano singer Delfim Júnior and the doctor and former SC Braga athlete, Romeu Maia.
Criminal association
The MP considers the accused Joaquim Marques Fernandes (from Priscos, Braga) who created the band with Vítor Manuel Martins Pereira (from Vila do Conde), Luís Miguel Martins de Almeida (Braga) and Rui Jorge Dias as a mentor of the “criminal association” Fernandes (Braga). All four are in custody.
Eight of the nine defendants are accused of criminal association and theft. The case involves PSP agent Carlos Alberto Alfaia da Silva, from Ponte de Lima, who gave information, in exchange for money, on which houses to rob. It also includes Paulo Sérgio Martins Pereira, (Vítor’s brother), from Famalicão, Mário Marques Fernandes, from Braga, André Filipe Pereira, from Famalicão, and Manuel Oliveira Faria, from Braga.
The band performed “at least from 2017 to June 2018, in Braga, Viana do Castelo, Ponte de Lima and Arcos de Valdevez”. He used sophisticated technological resources to practice assaults, such as telecommunication jammers, alarms, and even to neutralize dogs.
Upper middle class
They chose homes for upper middle class people and studied the habits of their owners. They used seven vehicles.
The assaults, carried out at night, passed through the house of José Rodrigues Ribeiro, in Mire de Tibães, Braga. The objects, money, gold and computers, were transported to the house of one of them and immediately divided. The next day, they were to pay debts and deposit money.
This was followed by a residence in Areosa, in Viana do Castelo, (from where they did not get anything), then another in Tenões, Braga. In 2018, done one in Areal de Cima, in Braga and Quinta da Carcaveira, in Ponte de Lima. A house in Braga followed, with valuable paintings. To store the objects they rented a warehouse in Barcelos.
Singer and businessman
In April they were the home of the singer Delfim Júnior, in Arcos de Valdevez. They brought 190 thousand in bills and several other foreigners. They took a total of 230 thousand.
Another victim was the doctor Romeu Maia Barbosa, former athlete and clinical director of SC Braga. The gang started by stealing a BMW from him. Then they raided his house, taking dozens of products.
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