ZAP // NightCafe Studio
In Porto traffic, the driver of a truck simulated a pistol with his hand and pointed it in the direction of the driver of another vehicle. The joke cost him a lot: 900 euros to avoid 6 months in prison.
However, the Porto Court of Appeal has already ruled that the appeal filed by the defendant was not upheld, which confirms the penalty applied in the first instance.
According to the Lusa agency, the issue is a former driver who, irritated by the traffic, gestured with a pistol to another driver.
The 64-year-old individual was convicted of a crime of aggravated menacing to six months in prison, replaced by a 180-day fine, at a daily rate of five euros, totaling 900 euros.
The episode took place on July 24, 2020, when the former driver was driving a heavy load of goods on the A20 — Circular Regional Interior do Porto (CRIP).
The man was driving a heavy load of goods in the right lane, and he changed to the middle lane without signaling the change, which earned him a warning from the police. offended driver, who honked at her.
The defendant then, says the Court of Appeals, “simulated possession of a weaponwhich pointed out the window towards” the offended party, in a “vulgar gesture understood by everyone to mean that it would threaten their lives”.
The victim of the insult was in final stage of pregnancy and was carrying another child, youngerin the car. The offended party guarantees that she was so scared that she ended up leaving CRIP at the next exit.
