Judge asks excuse trial that pits Carrilho Barbara Guimarães – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
 

Judge Joan Ferrer asked not to continue to try the case in which Manuel Maria Carrilho responsible for a crime of domestic violence. The news that the judge, accused of partiality, asked excuses the process, was released on Tuesday afternoon by the online edition of the Express and confirmed the PUBLIC by lawyer Manuel Maria Carrilho.

the lawyer Paulo Sá e Cunha regretted “that this process is being so difficult to judge,” recalling that already in the last year also the defense Carrilho had submitted a request for withdrawal of another judge, which led to postponement of the trial. The lawyer of former Minister of Culture did not advance, however, more comments. It is up to the Lisbon Court of relationship the final say on the request to be relieved of the judge. Has 30 days to do so.

According to the Express in response to the refusal of the incident filed by the prosecution and the defense Barbara Guimarães, Joan Ferrer refutes the accusations of bias, says that was misinterpreted, but asks to still be removed from the process.

On Wednesday the prosecution filed an application for refusal of the judge. “I did it because it considers there is serious and grave reason, suitable to generate suspicion about the impartiality of the judicial magistrate,” then said the Attorney General’s Office. On Thursday, it was the turn of the lawyer Barbara Guimarães also submit an application for refusal of the magistrate for, claimed, are not meeting the “objective and subjective impartiality requirements.”

At issue were expressions used in the first session of the trial on 12 February. Barbara Guimarães (Joana Ferrer treated always as “barbaric”) accounted for more than three hours to the prosecutor’s questions to the prosecutor and the very Joan Ferrer on your wedding and the alleged assault of Manuel Maria Carrilho (the judge always treated . for “teacher”)

at one point, the prosecutor who questioned Barbara Guimarães told the host, about the fact that she did not immediately denounced the alleged assault of ex-husband: “Do not have to explain to the court why was not the doctor. No one can blame. “But the judge said, shortly after, something different. When the presenter told another episode about, “the epicenter of the storm”, he continued to give a public image that all was not well in the relationship with the former Minister of Culture, Joan Ferrer said: “Cause me some impression attitude . some women [victims of violence, some of which] end up dead, “adding:” The lady prosecutor says he has to feel censored. Because I blame her! “It’s that” it was justified “to complain, should have done it. The judge regretted that thus be difficult to prove that there was domestic violence. “I need evidence,” he said.

According to the Express , on Tuesday, Joan Ferrer says that unfortunately his words were misinterpreted and insists that the evidence in the process are fragile. The magistrate denied vehemently any cause for suspicion about their partiality, continues the Express and argues that spoke with Barbara Guimarães the way he spoke was because he wanted to maintain a household registration, recalling that even treated presenter for “dear”.

Contacted by PUBLIC, the Superior Council of Magistracy says to ignore this request of the judge. And it confirms that only an open letter of the Feminist Association Maria Able addressed to the president of the Superior Council of Magistracy on this case will be considered.