The Ministry of State (MP) in the closing arguments of the e-mole trial at the Campus da Justiça in Lisbon asked for the conviction of Paulo Gonçalves, former Benfica legal adviser, as well as José Augusto Silva and Julio Loureira. , judicial workers.
“The court can conclude that Julio Loureiro’s performance, along with José Augusto Silva, was in line with Paulo Gonçalves in exchange for preferential treatment embodied in tickets, invitations, parking access and club merchandising,” said Luis Ribeiro, parliamentary prosecutor, without commenting on the possible duration sentences.
“A guilty verdict is pending,” he continued, determined to show a “high degree of illegality” against Paulo Goncalves and José Augusto Silva. [acusado de um crime de corrupção passiva, seis de violação do segredo de justiça, 21 de violação de segredo por funcionário, nove de acesso indevido, nove de violação do dever de sigilo, 28 de acesso ilegítimo e um de peculato]about Julio Loureiro [acusado de um crime de corrupção passiva] suggested that there had been a “more limited intervention”.
Charged with six crimes of breach of judicial secrecy, 21 breach of secrecy by an employee, nine unauthorized access, nine violations of the duty of secrecy in collaboration, except for one offense of active corruption, two wrongful access and two breaches of the duty of secrecy, Paulo Gonçalves appealed to the panel of judges to emphasize how he behaved throughout the trial.
“I am already condemned, I will always be a mole. I will live with this for the rest of my life,” he said, confident that “the court has already found out who the defendant Paulo Gonçalves is”, as he later developed: “As a practicing Catholic, I could say that I am only concerned with the divine justice, but it’s not. I also care about the justice of the people and have always been here, although I have already been condemned by public justice. In view of what has happened and the attitude I have shown, let the court administer the justice of the court and not the justice of public opinion.”
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