MP assigns more than 7,864 sex crimes against minors to detained in Portel

Um man arrested in Portel, Évora district, for sexual abuse and pornography of minors is indicted of more than 7,864 crimes, of which were victims the daughter and other children, today the Public Prosecutor (MP).

In a statement published on the website of the Évora Regional Attorney General's Office, the MP indicated that the 35-year-old man is indicted for the practice of at least 864 crimes of sexual abuse of children aggravated, and the victim was his daughter, currently 13 years old.

In addition, the defendant, arrested in flagrante delicto by the Judicial Police (JP), was indicted for more than 7,000 child pornography crimes aggravated, his daughter being included “in the list of victims”.

On Wednesday, in a statement, the PJ announced that the day before, it had arrested this man, “strongly indicted” for sexual abuse and child pornography, both in the aggravated form, in Portel.

The defendant was present the first judicial interrogation, on Wednesday, and the Court of Évora determined his pre-trial arrest, so it was conducted to the Prison Institution of Elvas, in the district of Portalegre.

According to the MP, the defendant lives in fact with the victim's mother and the household is still made up of another child, a 10-month-old boy, and the facts were practiced in that residence.

“ It is strongly indicted that the defendant, at least since 2019 and until the date of his arrest, sexually abused his daughter, since 6/7 years, through the practice of prominent sexual acts”, can be read in the statement.

According to the MP, these practices were filmed and photographed, with the defendant making available “such pickups through computer platforms accessible to an indeterminate number of people”.

When arrested, the man “had electronic and computer devices with him and within his residence”.

In these devices “thousands of files containing images and films of children and young people, under the age of 14, in erotic poses” and “in explicit sexual acts”, the MP reported.

As they consider that “the dangers of continuing criminal activity, disturbance of the investigation and social alarm” are verified, the MP promoted the application of preventive detention measures and the prohibition of all contacts with the victim, his mother and his brother, which was received by the criminal prosecution judge.

The investigations continue under the direction of the MP in the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) in Évora, assisted by the PJ.