The Brazilian Bar Association Sectional Mato Grosso (OAB-MT) suspended preventively The lawyer and prosecutor of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso (ALMT), Luiz Eduardo Figueiredo Rocha e Silva, investigated for murdering a homeless man identified as Ney Muller Alves Pereira, 42, with a shot in the face in Cuiabá, last Wednesday (9).
According to the president of the entity, Gisela Cardoso, the decision is exceptional and provided for in the bylaws, “due to the severity of the case.”
“In the decision, Gisela determines the establishment of precautionary measure of preventive suspension to the detriment of the lawyer and the immediate distribution to a member of the Court of Ethics and Discipline of the OAB-MT. The circumstances of the case are under investigation of the Civil Police,” the institution said in a statement released on Friday (11).
Almt President Max Russi (PSB) said the house opened an administrative procedure to investigate the case and said he takes action to dismiss the prosecutor.
Luiz Eduardo’s arrest was converted as a caught up to preventive after a custody hearing on Friday. The judge responsible for the decision, João Bosco Soares da Silva, determined that the investigated, being a lawyer, to be sent to the Major Eldo de Sá Corrêa penitentiary in Rondonópolis, 218 kilometers from the Cuiabana capital, where there is adequate structure.
According to the defense, the crime was not premeditated and the victim would have damaged the prosecutor’s car and other gas station clients near the crime scene.
In the video of a security camera, you can see the victim walking down the sidewalk and the suspect in a luxury car, calling her. Following, he shoots and escapes at high speed.
The Military Police were fired around 9 pm for the incident. Ney was found lying on the floor with a wound caused by firearm firing.
This content was originally published in OAB suspends a lawyer who killed a homeless man in MT on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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