Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences Bolsonaro supporter to 17 years in prison for storming government offices
Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed high government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing chief to workplace.
Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the primary of a number of contributors in the rebellion to be prosecuted.
In January, cameras on the Senate filmed him sporting a shirt calling for a army coup and recording a video of himself praising others who had additionally damaged into the constructing. Almost 1,500 folks have been detained on the day of the riots, although most have been launched.
Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced a rioter who stormed the capital on Jan. 8 to 17 years in prison. (Fox News)
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The majority of the 11 justices of the courtroom dominated that Pereira dedicated 5 crimes: prison affiliation; staging a coup; violent assault on the rule of legislation; certified injury; and destruction of public belongings. They sentenced him to 17 years in prison.
Pereira denied any wrongdoing and claimed he took part in a peaceful demonstration of unarmed folks.
Three different defendants additionally have been standing trial Thursday as a part of the identical case, and a ultimate choice for every defendant might drag into coming days.