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....

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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