PSP chief who battered father and grandfather on live TV gets new censure

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Posted by portugalpress on January 06, 2016


PSP chief who battered father and grandfather on live TV gets new censure


The PSP squad leader who shocked the nation last year after he was seen on live TV battering a father and grandfather in front of two horrified children outside a football stadium has had his punishment extended by a further 200 days’ suspension without pay. The “very tough punishment” (in the words of his legal representation) follows 180-days’ suspension on reduced pay which had just expired.

Filipe Silva, 30, now has a legal time limit in which he could lodge an appeal against the decision by the Ministry for Internal Administration, but it is not clear what his next move may be.

The case dates back to May when Silva approached 43-year-old father José Magalhães, his 70-year-old father and two young sons after they used a ‘prohibited’ exit from Gumarães football ground to escape the crowds.

Silva is understood to have been irritated that Magalhães had used an exit “closed to the public” and after what appeared to be a brief conversation, suddenly launched into an attack on him, beating him to the ground with his truncheon.

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It has so far taken the case against PSP deputy commissioner Filipe Silva no less than two years and seven months to get to court, but today the hearing was further suspended until April due to a “processual lapse”.

Silva was caught by television cameras in May 2015 beating a father and grandfather in front of their respective young children and grandchildren after a football game in Guimarães (click here).

The ‘processual lapse’ arose from the fact that even after all this time, the plaintiffs’ claims for damages had not apparently been communicated to the court.

The new court date set is for April 16, 2018, reports Lusa.

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PSP deputy on trial for attacking football fans is also facing trial over another alleged attack

It’s only a small news item but things do not augur well for the young PSP deputy whose aggression was splashed over news channels when he attacked a father and grandfather in front of two terrified children after a football match in Guimarães in 2015 (click here). Aside from facing prosecution over this incident, Filipe Silva is this week going on trial over another alleged attack: this time of an army recruit.

According to reports, the case goes back to two months before Silva hit the headlines for the football furore.

Young army recruit Jessy Sampaio was arrested for urinating against a wall after leaving a nightclub.

According to the young man’s statement, he was ordered to his knees with his hands behind his back and then kicked and hit by Silva weilding a police truncheon.

Despite various injuries, Sampaio claims to have been left handcuffed at the PSP police station for three hours before receiving any medical treatment.

Silva’s account is very different. He wrote on Sampaio’s charge sheet that the young man had been abusive and resisted arrest, say reports.

But based on witness accounts, the Public Ministry has concluded that Silva’s account “does not correspond to the truth” and thus he faces the crime of document falsification.

According to tabloid Correio da Manhã, the case against the father and grandfather who claim Silva attacked them for no reason in 2015 has now been reopened.