Rui Pedro´s case update today

My friends, Rui Pedro´s case update today:

Portuguese newspapers today:

http://aeiou.expresso.pt/rui-pedro-tribunal-ouve-hoje-prostituta-que-tera-estado-com-a-crianca-desaparecida=f692227

translation:

Rui Pedro: court will heard today the prostitute who has been with the missing child

The Prostitute who has been with Rui Pedro on the day of his disappearance, is considered by the defense and prosecution witnesses one of the main witnesses of this trial.

The court will hear today in Lousada the prostitute, according to the prosecution case called 'Rui Pedro', has been with the child on the day of his disappearance, more than 13 years.

The prostitute is considered by the defense and prosecution of a key witness in this trial, which sits in the accused bench Afonso Dias for a crime of qualified rape.

The thesis of the Public Ministry (MP) holds that the defendant seduced and took the child, then aged 11, for a meeting with prostitutes in Freamunde.

According to the indictment, a prostitute claimed to have been in Lustosa with the child on March 4, 2008, when Rui Pedro was last seen. The woman is told that Alfonso was with the child that led to that encounter.

The session this Monday is the fifth of this trial, which has been marked by statements from several former classmates of Rui Pedro. All them told the court they saw the child on the day of disappearance, with a black vehicle, which claims to be the MP of Afonso Dias. Some former students, now adults, have even said they saw the child into the car.

Afonso Dias strategy opts for silence

In the second session, the cousin of the missing child told the court he was invited - along with Rui Pedro - to go to prostitutes to Freamunde, confirming the thesis of the prosecution.

John Andrew Mendonca, now 25 years and had 12 at the material time, explained that the call was made outside the school, near a road, on the eve of the disappearance of Rui Pedro, ie, on March 3, 1998 , a Tuesday.

The witness revealed that Afonso Dias, whose friendship was greatly appreciated by Rui Pedro had promised to the two children go on Wednesday, firing rockets into the area of the track Costilha, after which follow by car to the prostitutes.

This trial has also been marked by the accused's silence and refusal to give evidence of his wife and a brother, listed as witnesses by the prosecution.

The defense takes the silence of Afonso Dias is a strategy and that the defendant will only talk at the end of the hearing of evidence is "considered appropriate for ascertaining the truth."

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http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Seguranca/Interior.aspx?content_id=2167258

translation:

Prostitute says that “arguido” took Rui Pedro to her on the day of the disappearance

Alcina Dias identified in court, the defendant Afonso Dias as the man who led Rui Pedro to the place where the boy would have been last seen in March 1998, before disappearing.

The prostitute confirmed in court that Rui Pedro was presented to have a sexual experience on the day he disappeared in 1998.

During the court, she said that Rui Pedro was taken to the place where she prostituted, by a man. The defense attorney, Ricardo Sá Fernandes, asked the witness if the man who took the boy was in court. Alcina Days turned back and pointed to Afonso Dias, the accused / arguido, reported RTPi.

The woman says she was approached by Afonso Dias, who was inside a car with Rui Pedro, and that she received money to have sex with the child. According to the prostitute, the boy was nervous and started crying, so she gave it back to Afonso Dias, who saw him taking off, with the young, driving in the direction of Lousada

Alcina Dias also said to the Court of Lousada that Rui Pedro had told her that the man who accompanied him was called Afonso, reported TVI24.

The defense of the defendant points out some contradictions of the witness, including the fact that the prostitute never identified Afonso Dias at earlier stages of the process, seeking to discredit the testimony of Alcina Days.
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http://www.abola.pt/mundos/ver.aspx?id=302332
translation:

Rui Pedro´s case:

Rui Pedro: Court will hear today prostitute

The court will hear today in Lousada the prostitute who has been with the young on the day hhe disappeared in 1998.

The woman is identified as a key witness of the trial, where Afonso Dias is charged with kidnapping qualified.

According to the thesis of the Public Ministry (MP), the defendant appealed and took the child to meet with prostitutes in Freamunde.

According to the indictment, the prostitute claims to have been in Lustosa with a child on March 4, 2008, when Rui Pedro was last seen, and that this child had been brought by Afonso Dias.

The sessions in this trial have been with testimonies of former schoolmates of Rui Pedro, who said they had seen the boy with a black vehicle on the day he disappeared.

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http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/prostituta-rui-pedro-afonso-dias-rapto-lousada-tvi24/1305377-4071.html

with video:

translation:
Prostitute says Afonso took Rui Pedro
Woman says Alfonso paid him to have sex with the child, but the boy began to cry. She also said that Rui Pedro told the man's name

Alcina Dias, the prostitute who has been with Rui Pedro on the day of disappearance, in court confirmed the version that had already counted in the investigation stage and in an interview with TVI.

The woman says she was approached by Afonso Dias, who was inside a car with Rui Pedro, and that she received money to have sex with the child. But as the boy was nervous and began to cry, she returned it to Afonso Dias.

Alcina Dias also said that the Court of Lousada that Rui Pedro had told her that the man who accompanied him was called Afonso. She herself recognized the accused present in the courtroom as the adult who was with the boy that day.

The witness, however, presents some contradictions in his version, as it had done in the investigation stage. It said the boy's eyes were blue [and not] and that the child was low, appearing to have five years.

The prostitute is considered by the defense and prosecution of a key witness in this trial, which sits in the accused bench Afonso Dias for a crime of qualified rape.

I am riveted. Thanks, Pedro.

You welcome Sabot, things are not too good for Afonso Dias.

Pedro Silva wrote:You welcome Sabot, things are not too good for Afonso Dias.

No, Pedro. But they aren't looking good for The PJ either. This evidence has been know for 13 years, for God's sake.

wonder if that guy had any connections with Casa Pia or anything?

Many thanks, Pedro.

You´re right Sabot. A good point rhodes. You welcome crazytony.