Suspected killer-on-run, connected to Chinese Triad operation, finally run to ground
Shuxiau Zhang has been on the PJ’s ‘wanted list’ for the best part of three years. He is believed to have been closely involved (if not responsible) for the gruesome
Alleged ‘revenge attack’ behind explosions that injured five firefighters and GNR agent
Yesterday’s confusing incident in which six people – five firefighters and one GNR agent – were injured as a result of a call-out to an ‘explosive fire’ in the municipality
Man killed in Quarteira stabbing
A man died after being stabbed in a public street in Quarteira this Wednesday. Reports Jornal de Notícias, the man received medical assistance from INEM emergency service but the injuries
Five months into Hells Angels trial, judge orders ‘tattoo inventory’ of 89 accused
Another example of the infinite workings of Portuguese justice has seen a judge order a ‘tattoo inventory’ of 89 bikers, almost four years since their arrests, and five months into
PJ police arrest suspected paedophile in Silves
PJ police have announced the arrest of a 73-year-old man on suspicion of having sexually abused two children aged eight and 12 in São Marcos da Serra (Silves). The children
Algarve murderess found dead in jail cell
Maria Malveiro, the young woman who butchered a supposed friend in order to plunder his bank account, has been found dead in her prison cell today. Everything points to the
Father butchers 10-year-old son and ex-partner before throwing himself off cliff in Madeira
A 48-year-old man butchered his 10-year-old son and estranged partner in an apartment in Madeira yesterday before driving 40kms to commit suicide by leaping off the cliffside at Ponta de
Eduardo Cabrita’s driver accused of negligent homicide – but still minister refers to victim ‘crossing road’ without due signage
The tragic and appalling story of how 43-year-old roadworker Nuno Santos came to be mown down by a car transporting disaster-dogged government minister Eduardo Cabrita on the A6 motorway has
Stepmother who watched telly while child lay dying sees 18 year jail term halved
The stepmother who was described as watching television while the daughter of her partner lay dying on the sofa has seen an appeal court halve her 18 year jail term.
Mystery in Penafiel after €400,000 discovered in old wall
Police in Penafiel have an intriguing mystery on their hands: the discovery of €400,000 in various cash boxes, discovered in an old stone wall. The safes would not have been