Ten years after the death of the boy Joaquim, the Ribeirão Preto Jury Court sentenced this Saturday (21) his stepfather, Guilherme Raymo Longo, to 40 years in prison for qualified murder. The boy’s mother was acquitted of the crime.
After six days of proceedings, led by judge José Roberto Bernardi Liberal, 31 witnesses heard, including the interrogation of the defendants, the case was concluded.
The defendant was found guilty for a futile reason, using cruel means, using a resource that made it impossible to defend the victim, in addition to being committed against a person under fourteen years of age.
According to the São Paulo Court of Justice, the jury’s decision was announced at around 10:15 pm this Saturday, ending the case. Longo received a sentence to be served in an initial closed regime, and preventive detention was maintained.
Wanted by CNN Mingoni’s defense did not comment until the publication of this article.
Remember the Case
The boy Joaquim Ponte Marques, aged 3, was found dead in a stream near his home in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo, in November 2013.
The police investigation pointed to the child’s stepfather, Guilherme Raymo Longo, as the main suspect in the crime. According to the accusation, he had administered an overdose of insulin to Joaquim, who was diabetic, causing his death.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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