In addition to Marco Gonçalves and his son Renato, the Porto court also upheld the one-year suspended sentence imposed on his daughter and a friend of hers. Marco “Orelhas”’s wife had her sentence increased to two years and six months.
The Porto Court of Appeal maintained this Wednesday the for the two men who, in May 2022, killed a fan near the Estádio do Dragão, in Porto, during the title celebrations.
In addition to Marco Gonçalves, known as “Orelhas”, and his son Renato, the judges also maintained the sentence of 18 years in prison for brother-in-law and uncle of these, respectively, a judicial source told Lusa.
The Porto Court also maintained the one-year sentence, suspended upon its execution, applied in the first instance to Marco `Orelhas´’s daughter and a friend of hers.
The wife of Marco `Orelhas´, who had been sentenced by the panel of judges of the São João Novo Court, in Porto, to a sentence of one year and eight months in prison, suspended upon execution, saw this being aggravated to two years and six months, suspended for four years.
On May 8, 2022, at 2:00 am, during the celebrations of the title of national football champion won by FC Porto, some of the accused were involved in a heated exchange of words with the fatal victim, Igor Silva, along with to the Dragão Stadium
Motivated by a desire for revenge, some of the suspects chased, restrained and assaulted Igor Silva with the purpose of taking his life, attacking him with punches, punches and kicks and using a knife with a blade measuring approximately 15 to 20 centimeters.
In this sequence, the in different parts of the body and, despite being taken to the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, in Porto, she ended up dying.
