Has there been a trial for the Portugese Police detective?

The one that was ACCUSED of beating a convicted murder who was sentenced by a judge? Or is it still being investigated? Because I just saw someone make some pretty harsh and horrible accusations about him when he has not even been shown to have done anything wrong? Where is the evidence that he did beat this woman? I have not seen any except that she said he beat her. And well she is a convicted murderer so it is his word against hers. Isn't he innocent until proven guilty just like the people he was investigating?

2007-10-02T04:37:25Z

freethinker thanks for the link but I found this link

http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3646987&page=1
It claims they are going to court next month so this man has not been charged and yet so many already have played judge and jury with him.

2007-10-02T05:16:47Z

Oh freethinker I totally agree. Seems to be a media war but I guess the only point I was making until we know for sure this man should not be accused either. All people should be treated equally.

2007-10-02T05:23:09Z

Just read 2nd article...charged and tried are different. It doesnt say anything about a conviction so until then I think accusations against him are just as bad as accusations against the McCanns.

2007-10-02T18:54:16Z

Thanks freethinker. Tells me alot that only one person following the McCann stuff answered it. If this man is proven guilty then he deserves the Maximum but if he isnt then people need to let it go. He should not be tried by the media and public just as the McCanns shouldnt be. Opinions are one thing accusations are another.

sunshine252007-10-04T03:30:58Z

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According to the article, the accused officers will face charges this month which means that there's some evidence against them, prosecutors don't usually press charges without good evidence, If not then the judge will throw it out as frivolous.

Another thing, the child's body was never found, just some of her blood in her home...well, forensics can find blood in nearly anyone's home and it can be from accidental scratches and cuts etc, of course a lot of blood found is a different matter.

This case against the officers deserves to be heard if there's evidence because confessions gotten under torture aren't right. That's why the Miranda law was passed, a study was done as to why so many people were confessing to crimes that they didn't commit and it was due to their human rights being violated to the extent that they confessed to stop the coercion, threats and even beatings during interrogations.

If this woman was beaten to the point to where she confessed to a crime that she didn't commit and there's evidence of that via photos or witness testimony then her case is legitimate, if there's no evidence of that then charges against the officers should be dropped.

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Anonymous2007-10-02T11:33:47Z

He was found guilty of torture. http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=18332267
Edit: Hi Ladybugs, I'm not trying to prove my point in this matter. I just think it's really interesting that the examples we have found are so conflicting. Is this an example of how much the media are not to be trusted? There are dozens of examples that contradict each other, heres another:http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2643161.ece

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