One year ago, on October 12, 2021, the young César Bitencourt’s Briner was arrested in an operation by the Military police (PM) who closed a drug production laboratory and seized more than 10 kilos of narcotics in Palmas, Tocantins.
According to the PM, 29 marijuana seedlings, fertilizers and products for growing plants, a precision scale, more than R$ 3 thousand reais in cash, two motorcycles and cell phones were found at the scene. In the operation, it was located, behind a false wall, a laboratory with several marijuana seedlings and 20 tablets packed inside a box used for delivery.
According to police, in addition to Briner, two other people were in the property at the time of the action. The young man was arrested in the act and taken to the 1st Civil Police Precinct, from where he was taken to the prison where he remained for a year.
On Friday (7th), the sentence that acquitted Briner. The document states that he did not have access to the rooms of the other defendants and that no evidence of association with the crime was shown.
“The evidence is fragile in relation to its criminal authorship. The defendant denied that he had knowledge of the existence of the marijuana plants and tablets, which was not rejected by any other evidence collected during the judicial phase.
Since the beginning of the process, the defense, represented by the lawyer Lívia Machado Vianna, claims that Briner is innocent and that he sublet a room in a house, which was used for the crime without his knowledge. Livia says to CNN , the others involved stated in statements to the police that the motoboy had no relation to the crime. The police asked for preventive detention, which was granted.
“The defense conducted a defensive investigation to prove Briner’s innocence. A survey was carried out on the property to demonstrate the dynamics of the house and that Briner’s room was isolated from the rest of the residence. An expertise was carried out on Briner’s cell phone to prove that he had no involvement with illicit practices and statements from employers were added to the file to demonstrate his nature “, said the lawyer.
The defense alleges that the Palmas Forum had a different schedule on the day the sentence was issued and that there was a delay in issuing the release permit.
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Briner de César Bitencourt, 23, who was at the Palmas Regional Penal Unit (UPP), died in the early hours of Monday (10), at the Emergency Care Unit (UPA) in the southern region of Palmas. The death was attested by the medical team, and the report with the cause has not yet been consolidated and reported to the Penal Unit, according to the Department of Citizenship and Justice of Tocantins (Seciju).
The Tocantins Penal Police Release Permit Center received the permit on Monday (10), when it was entered into the electronic system, at 3:40 pm, according to Seciju. The central team of analysts identified the death, according to information in the system, and issued a certificate informing the Judiciary of the situation.
Briner started experiencing body aches in the last 15 days. According to the secretary, the young man was accompanied by the health team in consultations and referred to specialized care in health units in the capital, but without a diagnosis closed in time.
On Sunday (9), the day before his death, Briner felt unwell during the night. According to the secretary, the team issued a call to the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) and, after evaluation, he was medicated and was under observation by the UPP team.
At around 10 pm, Briner felt sick again, and Samu was immediately called and took him to the UPA. At the scene, he remained under the care and interventions of the Pronto Socorro Sul health team. The clinical picture progressed to complications and death was recorded around 4:30 am on Monday.
The secretariat states that the family was informed about the death early on Monday morning and that “due to medical/patient confidentiality, the consultations carried out during custody are not informed to the family members, in addition to no diagnosis made by the medical teams. in time until the date of death”.
Source: CNN Brasil