The court of Sao Paulo sentenced, this afternoon, Jonathan Messias Santos da Silva, 35, to 14 years in prison closed by the death of Palmeirense fan Gabriela Anelli, during a confusion between Palmeiras and Flamengo fans in 2023.
At least 4 of the seven jurors voted in favor of the conviction. It is up to appeal.
Justice
“If I die for my palm trees, I’m happy.” The phrase was said several times by Gabriela Anelli, a fierce fan of the alviverde team. But the young woman’s father could never imagine that this would indeed happen. “I was angry with her and said: No one will die,” said Ettore Amchian Neto.
He came from Curitiba with his wife, mother -in -law, and daughter -in -law to accompany the jury court, who will decide if the flamenco fan Jonathan Messias Santos da Silva is guilty of Gabriela’s death. The hearing began at 10:30 am on Monday (19), at the Barra Funda Criminal Forum, in the West Zone of São Paulo.
Jonathan is accused by the prosecutor of being responsible for throwing the glass bottle, whose shattered hit the fans’ neck, causing his death. She was rescued, but died two days later for bleeding.
The crime to which it responds is willful homicide (when the risk of killing), in the eventual intent of futile deceit, was committed, as it was committed motivated by hatred by the opposing fans.
“My expectation is what every father who loses a daughter victim of a murder wants right? Justice. May he be convicted and serve the act that destroyed an entire family, right? And to this day, my wife and I can’t recover,” his father was thrilled to be exclusive to CNN during the jury break.
He and his mother -in -law recalled Gabriela’s passion for Palmeiras, a passion she inherited from her father. Since he was 4, Gabriela has become accustomed to going to the stadiums and at 23 she had the same brightness in her eye. Whenever she had Palmeiras game, she woke up early and got ready. “It’s going to open the stadium gate,” joked the father who can now no longer attend Allianz Park since his daughter’s death.
“There I spent a lot of happy and sad moments with her, in the victories and losses. But I can’t get in there anymore. I got to a day, I was ten minutes and left, because I looked at the little place where she always liked to stay… my passion for Palmeiras continues. It was not Palmeiras who did it, it was a flamenco fan who expects to be convicted.
Grandmother Joana Anelli dos Santos, with tears in her eyes, said she suffers from her older granddaughter. “Every day she called me, send me audio asking for a rain cake, if she had a lunch for her (…) a girl full of life, she had decided to go back to school, made the enrollment and was in love with Palmeiras. I think this is not defect.
Remember the case
Gabriella Anelli died after being hit by a glass bottle in the neck, during a confusion between rivals near Allianz Parque, in São Paulo, on July 8, 2023. The incident took place during a match of the Brazilian Championship between Palmeiras and Flamengo.
The victim was hospitalized in serious condition, but could not resist the injuries and died two days later. The report of the Forensic Medical Institute indicated that death was caused by “traumatic external acute bleeding.” Another fan was also injured in the confusion.
Initially, a suspect had been arrested by the incident. However, this arrest was revoked after the introduction of videos to the authorities who suggested that the glass bottle would have been thrown by someone else.
Jonathan Messias Santos da Silva was indicted by police for willful murder in the event of eventual intent for futile reasons. The Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo (TJ-SP) accepted the complaint of the prosecutor, making it defendant.
Judge Marcela Raia Sant’Anna has converted Jonathan’s temporary arrest to pre -trial detention, understanding the measure as essential for the guarantee of public order, due to the severity and heinous nature of the crime, motivated by hatred for the opposing fans.
In February 2024, the São Paulo court decided that Jonathan Messias Santos da Silva would be tried by a popular jury. The judge upheld pre -trial detention, denying the right to appeal in freedom, citing the severity of the crime and the fact that the defendant went to his state without presenting himself to the authorities.
*Update
This content was originally published in court condemns a defendant to 14 years in prison for Palmeirense’s death on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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