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The Officials of the Council of Justice suspended preventively the bailiff António Joaquim after the Court of Appeal sentenced him to 25 years in prison for the death of triathlete Luís Grilo.
“By order issued today, September 9, the vice president of the Council of Justice Officials suspended preventively the bailiff António Joaquim”, reads a note released by the General Directorate of Administration of Justice.
The same note also indicates that, on the 17th, “the same order will be presented to the Plenary of the Council of Justice Officials for ratification.”
On Tuesday, the Lisbon Court of Appeal sentenced António Joaquim to a single sentence of 25 years in prison, annulling the acquittal issued in the first instance.
The decision, which had as rapporteurs Judge José Adriano and Deputy Judge Vieira Lamin, altered the factual issue, supporting the appeal filed by the Public Ministry, which challenged the acquittal of António Joaquim.
The sentence of the Lisbon Court of Appeal condemns the defendant António Joaquim to “a crime of qualified and aggravated homicide, co-authored with the accused Rosa Grilo”, to a sentence of 24 years, also condemning him to the crime of desecration of a corpse. to one year and 10 months in prison.
“The accused Rosa Grilo and António Joaquim acted in a concerted and joint manner to achieve the same common objective, which was to take the life of Luís Grilo and dispose of his body,” reads the sentence to which Lusa had access. .
The Lisbon Court of Appeal considers that the jury court, responsible for the first instance decision, “made an error in the assessment of the aforementioned evidence and in the reasoning it carried out.”
António Joaquim and Rosa Grilo, who had an extramarital affair, were accused of being co-authors of the murder of Luís Grilo in July 2018, at his home in Cachoeiras, in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, district of Lisbon.
The crime was committed in order to be able to assume the love relationship and benefit from the victim’s assets – 500,000 euros in compensation for various insurance and other amounts deposited in bank accounts held by Luís Grilo, in addition to housing.
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