Court cases news in Portugal

Former football player and television star Fábio Paim accused of raping a university student in Faro

The crime was committed in 2023.

2 PM. Protesters arrested arrive at the Campus de Justiça

Those arrested during the housing protests will be heard in court on suspicion of disobedience. Furthermore, the PSD has defined whom it wants to summon for the parliamentary inquiry into the management of Luís Neves at the PJ.

Welcome to the limbo of the BES Venezuela case trial

The BES Venezuela case, the latest certification from the main BES/GES proceedings, is stalled at the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon. The distribution of the inquiry to a panel of judges has been, at the very least, bizarre, and the start date for the trial has not been announced for a year.

Marquês. Sócrates asks court to clarify contradictions regarding Parque Escolar

The former prime minister José Sócrates requested this Friday that the court presiding over his trial clarify possible contradictions between the dismissal of the Parque Escolar case and the charges in the Operação Marquês process. “I request that this court consider the dismissal order regarding Parque Escolar and determine the clarification of any contradictions with the...”

José Sócrates asks court to clarify contradictions regarding Parque Escolar

The Public Prosecution Service recently archived the inquiry opened in 2012 regarding suspicions of corruption, economic participation in business, and document forgery at the former public company Parque Escolar.

Court postpones hearings for the 55 protesters detained in Rossio

Only 25 of the 28 defendants summoned for this morning appeared in court

Jailed Angolan tycoon Carlos São Vicente's wife fights to unfreeze Portugal bank accounts

Billionaires.Africa21 Oct

Judge seeks half a million euros from Ana Loureiro for defamation

The activist for the legalisation of prostitution has gone on trial in Lisbon. She alleged that judge Joaquim Manuel Silva used the services of prostitutes while presiding over child abuse cases.

Trial for Cameron Martin pushed back

WKBN.com19 Oct

José Sócrates trial postponed. 'The theatre of the absurd has opened,' says former PM

'What can I say? This is absurd, the theatre of the absurd has opened.' This was how José Sócrates reacted upon leaving the Campus de Justiça in Lisbon to the postponement of the session in which he was to be tried for money laundering. The hearing had begun on Monday, October 19, but only for the presiding judge, Rúben Vieira, to announce the transfer to October 30. The former prime minister told journalists that the judge declared the session open and then closed it, calling it an unprecedented act of violence and arbitrariness. The postponement allows the court to rule on preliminary issues regarding the trial's viability, following motions filed by Sócrates' defence on Friday, October 16. The former PM explained the late filing by noting that his new lawyer, Filipe Batista, had only had two days to prepare them. The case involves allegations that, between 2011 and 2014, Sócrates and businessman Carlos Santos Silva used bank accounts belonging to companies and associates to conceal illicit funds. The defence argues that these facts are already being addressed in the main Operation Marquês trial, claiming that this new trial constitutes double jeopardy. The proceedings are scheduled to continue until at least April 2027.

10h Sócrates trial postponed to 30 October

The trial involving Sócrates has been rescheduled for October 30th at 10:00 am.

Pinho's conviction

Pinho's victimisation is a demeaning way of mocking us all.

Manuel Pinho says release does not erase "years of undue imprisonment"

The former minister was released this Friday after nearly five years under house arrest in connection with the EDP case.

Manuel Pinho will be a free man as of tomorrow, he should already be free today: lawyer threatens with habeas corpus

Manuel Pinho's lawyer, Ricardo Sá Fernandes, anticipates the next steps in the defence of the former Minister of the Economy and argues that the former government official must be released immediately.

Supreme Court of Justice reduces Manuel Pinho's prison sentence from 10 to eight and a half years

Manuel Pinho, 71, has been under house arrest since December 2021, and the nearly five years he has already been deprived of his liberty will be deducted from his sentence.

Council archives complaint from the Bar Association against Carlos Alexandre regarding comments about Ricardo Salgado's illness

The plenary of the High Council of the Judiciary decided to archive the complaint from the Bar Association against judge Carlos Alexandre. The judges' disciplinary body asked the Bar Association to specify which comments regarding Ricardo Salgado's illness had disciplinary relevance, but the information was never provided.

BES: Defence wanted to hear from 358 witnesses. Judge refuses

The dismissal of 358 witnesses by the Public Prosecutor in June generated a succession of motions and cross-accusations. Tension culminated in a warning from the presiding judge regarding the risk of fines for dilatory tactics.

Reading of the Secret Adjustment trial verdict postponed to January

The judge explains that due to the enormous length of the case and the high number of complex issues to decide, it is not possible to draft the verdict within the “optimistically” scheduled timeframe.

Trial of PJ inspector and Adriano Quintanilha postponed to October 16

The start of the trial was scheduled for this Wednesday.

Lawyers file complaints against judges who impose fines for delaying tactics

The open conflict between the Bar Association (OA) and the courts regarding new criminal procedural rules—which allow for fines for delaying tactics—is escalating. The Superior Council of the OA, chaired by António Jaime Martins, has decided that disciplinary reports submitted by judges under the new regime...

Reading of the verdict for former priest accused of fraud and rape postponed

The trial began on 12 May and is being held behind closed doors; closing arguments took place on 15 September, with the panel of judges scheduling the reading of the verdict for Wednesday (30 September).

Fake Zé Amaro denies defrauding fan of the singer. Suspect to be tried in Porto

Third part of Doa a Quem Doer.

Brazil sends missing evidence to Portugal and Duarte Lima's murder trial "can finally begin"

Brazilian authorities have provided the outstanding evidence required for the trial of Duarte Lima, allowing the homicide case to proceed.

Sócrates: Trial of secondary case 'closed' by April

The proceedings involving José Sócrates and Carlos Santos Silva begin on 19 October. Judge Rúben Vieira has scheduled 46 sessions until April 2027 and has already set dates that may include closing arguments.

Sócrates attacks judge and says he is subject to 'no one's defence'

The former prime minister denounces 'judicial violence' following a new order that maintains court-appointed lawyer Luís Carlos Esteves and requested a certificate to appeal to the 'appropriate authorities'.

Sócrates lacks confidence and the tragedy of a bad haircut

From Sócrates' lack of confidence in his lawyer to radical hair decisions and scares in the arena, life proves that there are dramatic mismatches worse than the irony of any court.

José Sócrates accuses Public Prosecution Service of 'malice' regarding the TGV project

'I never spoke with Carlos Santos Silva nor with the Lena group about the TGV', he guarantees.

Clooney a 'hero', Passos censured and Montenegro praised

On a day when the Public Prosecutor's Office asked few questions, the former Prime Minister got tangled up in wiretaps regarding the Paris house and quoted actor George Clooney to say he felt melancholic about Portugal.