British runner suffers attempted rape in Algarve
Alison Walker shared the horrific tale on her Instagram A British ultra-trail runner has described the horror she experienced after a man tried to rape her while she was training
One of PS Socialists’ first ‘scandals’ condemns former head honcho to two years jail, suspended
Former president of Raríssimas charity must also pay €12,800 compensation One of the first major scandals faced by António Costa’s three governments has finally ‘had its day in court’, seeing
Gondomar couple arrested for international child trafficking
Investigations continue to try and discover real parents of couple’s ‘non-related’ baby PJ police have arrested a couple in their 40s, living in Gondomar, on suspicion of international child trafficking.
Portuguese university students arrested for drug trafficking in Indonesia
Drug trafficking in Indonesia carries potential death penalty Two young Portuguese citizens, described today as university students, have been arrested in Indonesia for drug trafficking, reports SIC Notícias. The arrests
Trial begins of couple accused of killing elderly Germans
The trial has begun in Beja today of the couple accused of killing an elderly German couple who had taken them in, giving them work in exchange for bed and
PJ police take part in groundbreaking operation to find and rescue children from sexual exploitation
Renewed Hope II has rescued 8 children from active abuse so far; 19 more identified Portugal’s PJ police were among law enforcement agencies that recently took part in a “significant
Half-body discovered in Lisbon’s Lapa district ‘identified’
The mutilated ‘half body’ of a man discovered in Lisbon’s Lapa district in the early hours of Monday morning has been identified. The remains are those of a foreign man*,
Azores double murderer, and wife, face jail terms and subsequent ‘banishment’
Tomislav Jozic to serve 25 years; wife 3 years 10 months The court of São Roque on the island of Pico, in the Azores, delivered the maximum jail terms (of
Hairdresser to Portugal’s ‘famous’ condemned to seven years jail for tax fraud
Inês Pereira’s entire family face same conviction Inês Pereira, the well-known hairdresser of ‘various public figures’, was condemned to seven years jail yesterday for fiscal fraud and money laundering. At
Convicted rapist arrested in Loulé after 10 years on the run
Man escaped house arrest and evaded authorities for nearly one decade PJ police have announced the arrest in Loulé of a 46-year-old man convicted of rape who had been on