The reading of the verdict of the Football Leaks trial, in which Rui Pinto is the main defendant, was postponed by order of the judge, justifying the decision with the proposal of amnesty due to the arrival of the Pope.
In other words, Rui Pinto can be amnestied for more than 80 crimes, under the regime of punitive pardon that applies to crimes committed by young people between the ages of 16 and 30 until June 19, 2023, on the occasion of World Youth Day (WYD) . ), an event that kicks off on August 1.
The Lisbon Central Criminal Court’s decision was scheduled for Thursday and could now take place on the 31st, if the bill enters into force on September 28, or as late as September 11, according to the order Lusa had access on Tuesday.
Rui Pinto, 34 years old, is responsible for a total of 90 crimes: 68 of unauthorized access, 14 of breach of correspondence, six of unlawful accesstargeting entities such as Sporting, Doyen, the law firm PLMJ, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Office of the Attorney General (PGR), and also for computer sabotage to Sporting’s SAD and for extortion, as attempted. This last crime concerns Doyen and also led to the verdict of lawyer Aníbal Pinto.
Source: DN
