They are acquitted of the crime of forgery in an official document

The Supreme Court ratifies the conviction of two national police officers from Arrecife for assault and illegal detention

The Supreme Court has ratified the conviction of two national police officers from Arrecife for illegal detention and for a crime against moral integrity, only partially accepting the appeal for cassation presented by the two ...

May 22 2009 (18:50 WEST)

The Supreme Court has ratified the conviction of two national police officers from Arrecife for illegal detention and for a crime against moral integrity, only partially accepting the appeal for cassation presented by the two agents. Thus, the Chamber has acquitted them only of the crime of forgery in an official document, for which they had also been initially convicted. After this ruling, the prison sentence initially imposed is reduced by four years, resulting in a sentence of four and a half years in prison.

In the sentence, the Supreme Court considers it proven that the accused, who were not on duty, were not the instructors of the report drawn up against the person illegally detained. It points out that another person was the instructor of this report and that regardless of whether what it reflects is true or false, the report is authentic.

The events occurred in November 2005 in Arrecife. The two police officers assaulted and illegally detained a citizen of African origin at the exit of the bar 'El Linde' in Arrecife, without any reason. One of the police officers asked one of the victims if he "was selling something" and the aggression began from there.

One of the two Africans fled and the other was illegally detained, without identifying themselves as police officers. At the police station, one of them again assaulted the detainee and insulted him.

In the report, the two agents stated that they had been attacked by the detainee, which was false. The new sentence, of April 30, states that one of the convicted police officers "disauthorized the fellow instructor, forcing him to record the facts as he dictated them, with the instructor being powerless to impose his authority."

It also points out, regarding the report, that it was "a third official who legitimately acted within the same (his functions) even though he was overwhelmed by the abusive attitude of those who should not - and could not - be more than mere demonstrators."

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