There is still no date for the decision of the appeal And, therefore, Manuel Pinho returns to house arrest where he has been for more than three years. Part of the nearly five million euros were paid during the time when he was Minister of Economy.
Manuel Pinho says it is not Santa Claus to refuse almost five million euros he received from the Espírito Santo group. In the day of in the Court of Appeal, Ricardo Salgado’s defense insisted that the banker’s conviction has of be suspended because of Alzheimer’s disease.
Condemned to 10 years in jail for the First Instance, Manuel Pinho came to the Court of Appeal listening to the lawyer make the last attempt to convince the judgethat the former minister It is not corrupt.
The goal is to undo the idea that Pinho received money from the Espírito Santo Group in exchange for favorable decisions for Ricardo Salgado’s group.
Part of the nearly 5 million euros were paid during the time when he was minister.
MP argues that 1st instance penalties are to maintain
The prosecutor argues that the penalties of the first instance are to maintain, including the six years and eight months in prison to Ricardo Salgado.
Recognize o alzheimer of the former banker as a normal evolution of aging and on the way to jail the prosecutor says it is a subject to be treated later by the Court of Penalty Execution.
There is still no date for the decision of the appeal And, therefore, Manuel Pinho returns to house arrest where he has been for more than three years.
