Ellie ‘countdown’: police now given powers to ‘enforce’ court decision
In the final nail-biting days for a longed-for mother-daughter reunion, the Resident has heard that Faro court has given police the powers to enforce their custodial sentence, ensuring that little
Shock court decision opens new can of worms in Ellie kidnap case
A leaked court report has revealed extraordinary behind-the-scenes manoeuvres by an Albufeira magistrate in the high-profile abduction of nine-year-old British Ellie (Giselle Silva) by her Portuguese father, Filipe Silva. The
Portugal’s judicial system in slow motion
Portugal has been sentenced by the European Court of Human Rights to pay over €20,000 in compensation payouts due to the tardiness of its judicial system – namely four court
Ellie case: the drama continues
Just when calm appeared to have been restored in the Gannon family – finally united with nine-year-old daughter Ellie after the child’s natural father, a Portuguese entrepreneur from Vilamoura, kidnapped
Illegal immigrants trial begins
The trial of 14 people of Moldavian and Ukrainian nationality, accused of organising an illegal immigrants ring in the Algarve with the aim of sexual exploitation, started in Albufeira last
Casa Pia trial begins
As the high profile trial of seven people involved in the Casa Pia child sex scandal began in Lisbon this week, an opinion poll published in the Diário de Notícias
Câmara to sue state
Lisbon Câmara President, Carmona Rodrigues, has announced that he will seek compensation from the state for what he describes as its “unjustified actions” in stopping works on the Marquês tunnel
Civil courts deal with espionage
More than 400 legal cases that are pending with the Military Judicial Police were transferred to the Public Ministry as of September 14 – the date when the Military Justice
New PJ head announced
Santos Cabral has succeeded Adelino Salvado as head of the Polícia Judiciária (Judicial Police – PJ). It is understood that Justice Minister José Pedro Aguiar Branco made the appointment early
Abortion women cleared
A court in Aveiro has acquitted seven women accused of having abortions. The doctor who allegedly carried out the abortions, and nine accomplices, including the husbands and boyfriends of the