Joana case - Leonor and Joao Cipriano know the verdict today

11 November 2005 IOL Diario Portuguese to English translation MP calls for 24 years in prison for both defendants for the crimes of murder, desecration of a corpse and concealing the corpse. Defense argues acquittal, arguing that proved the involvement of the mother and uncle of the alleged death of Joanaa The mother and uncle suspected of having killed a girl aged eight, disappeared in September 2004 in the village of Figueira,...

Continue Reading... Labels: Cipriano case, Goncalo Amaral, Gonçalo Amaral, Joao Cipriano, João Grade, Leandro Silva, Leonor Cipriano, Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, Policia Judiciaria

Court hears Joana’s horror story

20 October 2005 Portugal’s silent child victims Algarve Resident Portugal has been racked by soul-searching as two high profile cases involving child abuse and child murder again figure prominently in the national media, reports The Resident’s Gabriel Hershman Excerpt: Court hears Joana’s horror story ... The case, which has shocked the nation with its account of incest, murder and desecration, took just three days to be tried....

Continue Reading... Labels: António Leandro, Cipriano case, Joao Cipriano, Leandro Silva, Leonor Cipriano

Witness says uncle of Joana confessed to killing the child

Witness says uncle of Joana confessed to killing the child 12 October 2005 Lusa A witness (Carlos Alberto Silva, Leandro Silva's stepfather) said today in court in the trial of 'Joana case ", that João Cipriano told him that on the night of September 12, 2004 João had sex with his sister (Leonor Cipriano) and that his niece (Joana Cipriano) died that night. Although initially refusing to establish a direct relationship between...

Continue Reading... Labels: Cipriano case, Goncalo Amaral, Gonçalo Amaral, Joao Cipriano, Leonor Cipriano