SEF strikes causing airport confusion By Paula Martins, in News, Community · 14-05-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Strike action from SEF union members led to delays at airports as the inspectors call for their functions to remain.
The murder of Ihor Homeniuk sparked outrage around SEF and this wave of indignation led the Government to declare the transfer of SEF functions to other entities. Inspectors are unhappy about this decison and went on strike on 7 May, which affected the operation of airports.
The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service’s (SEF) reputation will never been the same again. More than a year after the death of the Ukrainian citizen, Ihor Homeniuk, a victim of SEF inspectors, the three men accused of the murder, on 10 May, were sentenced to nine and seven years in prison.
Prosecutor calls for 20 year jail sentences in Algarve murder trial By Paula Martins, in Algarve, Crime · 16-04-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
The trial of the two women, accused of the murder, dismemberment and disposal of a body in Sagres and Pego do Inferno, has ended with the Prosecutor asking for over 20 years in prison for both.
On 13 April, in Portimão Court, the prosecutor Miguel Teixeira argued that: “There is no doubt that they are guilty” and added that Maria Malveiro (20) and Mariana Fonseca(24) planned the death of Diogo Gonçalves as a means to take the compensation of €70,000 that he received following the death of his mother.
“My intention from the beginning was to protect her” By Paula Martins, in Algarve, Crime · 11-03-2021 16:02:00 · 0 Comments
In the third session of the trial, one of the defendants Maria Malveiro, suspected of murdering 21-year-old Diogo Gonçalves, changed her initial testimony and now blames her ex-girlfriend for the crimes, saying that she lied to protect Mariana Fonseca.
At the Court of Portimão, on 9 March, Maria Malveiro, claimed that the responsibility for the death of Diogo Gonçalves, the dismemberment of the body and other crimes associated with the case were down to Mariana Fonseca. She stated instead that she was simply fulfilling orders from her ex-girlfriend, including drawing money from his card and administering diazepam (medicine used to make the victim unconscious) that she mixed into an or
One of the defendants accused of the death of a Algarve man in March 2020, today denied involvement in the murder, attributing the crime to the other defendant