17h. Tancos Case. Evora's Court of Relations Annuls Terrorist Convictions to the Three Main Defendants

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It replaced them with the crime of qualified theft, the disembarking judges understood that there was no terrorist intention. Still, MP and PSP confirm new diligence in the case of the Rat station.

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The Court of Justice of Évora amended some of the facts given as evidence in the trial at first instance in the case of the assault on the Tancos paul, including terrorist crimes, and reduced the sentences to seven of the convicted persons. In a statement, the Court of Justice of Évora added that the judgment of the three disembarksers who examined the appeals of ten convicted defendants changed "partially the factual matter given as evidence, t…

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The Evora Court of Relations amended some of the facts as proved in the trial at first instance and reduced the sentences to seven of the convicted persons.

IOL Portugal

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Part of the decision of first instance in the Tancos case has been amended. Three defendants have been acquitted of the crime of terrorism and several sentences have been reduced.

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The Court of Relations of Évora annulled the crime of terrorism and reduced the sentence to João Paulino, the confessive author of the theft of weapons of Tancos. The sentences were also reduced to two men who helped to withdraw the military material and to former Major Vasco Brazon.