“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
Algarve kidnapping and murder trial begins today
The Court of Portimão will start the hearing of two young women suspected of having kidnapped and killed a young man, before then dismembering his body in March 2020
The defendants, a nurse and a security guard, are accused by the Public Ministry (MP) of the crimes of qualified homicide, desecration of a human corpse, two crimes of illegitimate access, one of computer fraud, simple theft and use of a vehicle.
According to the indictment, the women attracted Diogo Gonçalves, 21, to the home of one of them, where they kept him captive in order to extort money from him, since he had received €70,000 in compensation following the death of his mother, who had been the victim of a hit run in the Albufeira area in 2016.
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