In December, access to sports venues was prohibited to another 25 fans, the Authority for the Prevention and Combat of Violence in Sport (APCVD) announced this Friday, with 19 people expelled for the use of fireworks.
“In December, 25 fans were prevented from accessing sports venues by decision of the Authority for the Prevention and Combat of Violence in Sports, with the following offenses at stake: 19 for possession and use of fireworks, four for committing acts or incite violence. violence and another due to the throwing of objects”, points out that entity.
Four of the cases concern Benfica fans, in the ‘red’ defeat of Marítimo (5-0) in September, all due to the use of fireworks, but there is also a case of stone throwing by a young man 18 years old in a district match between Ermesinde and Padroense.
The practice of “acts of incitement to violence”, in the case against a referee, led to the sanction of a 47-year-old man who was watching Oliveira do Hospital-Águias in benjamins, within the Coimbra Football Association.
Failure to comply with the prohibition of access to sports venues makes those punished commit the crime of disobedience, being subject to preventive detention.
The Council of Ministers approved this Thursday the new Legal Regime for Explosives and Dangerous Substances (RJESP), which defines as a crime the possession of explosives, articles or pyrotechnic devices in sports venues and other prohibited places.
In this context, according to the proposal of the Ministry of the Interior (MAI), a prison sentence of up to five years or a fine of up to 600 days is established for those who “incur in the transport, detention, use, distribution or possession of explosives , improvised explosive devices or pyrotechnics, in sports venues, fan meeting places and celebration of sporting successes”.
The use of explosive devices “in places intended for training and sports practice and in facilities of clubs and sports societies” also becomes a crime.
Source: TSF
