This Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service (MP) asked for the conviction of Francisco J. Marques, communication director of FC Porto, for three crimes for breach of non-consensual correspondence, while publishing Benfica’s emails on the Porto Canal.
In the latest allegations of the trial, which is taking place at the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon, prosecutor Ana Pais considered it proven that Francisco J. Marques committed the three crimes, but left the sentence “up to the court”, given the defendant’s “lack of a criminal record”.
With regard to Diogo Faria, content director of the channel ‘Dragões’, who is responsible for a crime of violation of correspondence or telecommunications and a crime of improper access, the prosecution believed that he had helped Francisco J. Marques, but defended that “the court will qualify the facts”.
The MP’s representative left a possible conviction of Júlio Magalhães, former director of Porto Canal, “to the discretion of the court”, arguing that he had “never participated directly in the direct content of the program, never had prior knowledge of the emails and do not participate in their selection”.
Francisco J. Marques, who shared the content of Benfica’s emails in the program ‘Universo Porto – da Bancada’, on Porto Canal, is charged with three crimes of violation of correspondence or telecommunications, three crimes of serious violation of correspondence or telecommunications , in apparent concurrence with three crimes of invasion of privacy and one crime of improper access.
FC Porto’s communications director is also responsible for five serious crimes against a legal person and one crime against a legal person aggravated by a private accusation.
Content director Diogo Faria is responsible for a crime of violation of correspondence or telecommunications and a crime of unauthorized access, in addition to a crime against a legal person, aggravated by a private accusation.
Finally, Júlio Magalhães is charged by the prosecution with three serious offenses of violation of correspondence or telecommunications, apparently coinciding with three offenses of invasion of private life, as well as five serious offenses against a legal person.
The case of the distribution of emails dates back to 2017 and 2018, with communication between elements related to the structure of Benfica and third parties that will be revealed on Porto Canal.
Source: DN
