The young man who killed a rival in a fight at the NorteShopping shopping mall in Matosinhos, Porto, avoided a prison sentence because he was two months away from turning 16, the minimum age to be tried for murder.
Thus, he was sentenced to three years of hospitalization in a closed regime in an educational center for minors, under the educational guardianship law.
The crime occurred in June 2024 at the NorteShopping shopping center in Matosinhos, with 18 years old.
Gonçalo Lima was stabbed in the chestwhen he was trying to help a friend who was being bullied by a group of young people where the bully was. It all started with one.
In addition to the person responsible for the stabbing, another young man who was also involved in the attack was also convicted.
This second young man will have to pass two years admitted to an educational center in a semi-open regime, which means that he will only sleep in the institution.
As video surveillance cameras the shopping center and amateur videos were essential in helping to identify the attackers.
The young man who delivered the fatal stab it was signposted by the Commission for the Protection of Children and Young People (CPCJ) after having been involved in other attacks, as found by the (CM).
According to the newspaper, the young man lived with his mother and five siblings in a Porto neighborhood while the father was in prison.
All brothers have “psychological problems”also according to the CM who reports that the aggressor’s parents claimed at the trial that their son was “out of balance” for not taking the medication.
