Court of the Jury Resumes the Trial of the Henry Borel Case
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The trial of ex-vereador Jairo Souza Santos Júnior, known as Jairinho, for the death of Henry Borel began on Monday with a new request for postponement submitted by the defense. During the session at the 2nd Court of the Jury of the Capital, in the center of Rio, the defendant announced the dismissal of his lawyers and claimed to be unable to continue in the trial after lawyer Fabiano Tadeu Lopes suffered a heart attack on the last Saturday, and…
Dr. Jairinho and Monique Medeiros can receive a sentence of up to 14 years in prison each
Deputy Henrique Damasceno, first testifying in the trial of the Henry Borel case, said that Monique Medeiros was aware of the aggressions committed by Jairinho against the 4-year-old son. Read more (05/26/2026
After the defense of Jairo Souza Santos Júnior (Dr. Jairinho), stepfather of Henry Borel, abandoning the plenary, new trial is scheduled for Monday (25). Dr. Jairinho and the mother of the boy Henry, Monique Medeiros, return to the bench of the defendants in the 2nd Jury, in the center of Rio de Janeiro, accused of having murdered the four-year-old boy. On the date of the first trial, March 23, Jairinho's defense requested postponement of the ju…
Judge had postponed the jury after Jairinho dismissed his defense, but withdrew from the decision after he appointed his son as a lawyer.
Henry Borel's father, Leniel Borel de Almeida, told Poder360 that the jury trial of those accused of his son's death is taking place after 5 years of appeals, postponements, and legal disputes. The trial of former councilman Jairo Souza Santos Júnior, known as Jairinho, and Monique Medeiros begins this Monday (May 25, 2026) in Rio de Janeiro. Henry died on March 8, 2021, at the age of 4. According to the indictment by the Rio de Janeiro Public P…
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