Brendo dos Santos Sampaio was indicted for willful murder and was arrested in the act of converted to preventive after custody hearing on Thursday (10)
The defense of Brendo dos Santos Sampaio, 26, a driver who ran over and killed two 18-year-old girls on Wednesday, 9, on Goiás Avenue, in São Caetano do Sul, in the ABC Paulista region, manifested himself by note, about the tragic accident. With the impact, the victims’ bodies were launched 50 meters from the site. According to the note released on social networks, since the moment of the incident, Sampaio is “in a state of deep emotional shake and shock, without psychological conditions”.
The clarifications of the boy’s legal advice were published through Beserra Advogados social network on Friday, 11, in a note signed by lawyers Francisco Souza (OAB 431.540), Thaís Vianna (OAB 344.609) and Thalita Beserra (OAB 467.345). The defense reiterates the information that the young women crossed the road with the red signal to pedestrians. “Although the speed of the vehicle was not compatible with that of the road, it is a fatality, whose complete dynamics will be clarified through investigations and technical expertise,” he said.
Also according to Sampaio’s lawyers, there is no precision about the speed of the vehicle at the time of the accident. “Since he doesn’t remember the details at the time of impact.” According to the São Paulo Secretariat of Public Security, Sampaio was indicted for willful murder (intended to kill) and had the arrest in the act of converted to preventive after a custody hearing on Thursday, 10.
The decision was taken by the judicial judge of the district of Santo André, responsible for the custody hearing. The boy, who is a law student, was sent to the São Bernardo do Campo Provisional Detention Center (CDP). “We inform that, this Friday, 11, the technical defense will file the request for revocation of the pre-trial detention,” said the defense. Sought on Saturday morning, 12, the lawyers did not say if they have already filed the request.
Modified car suspect
In a statement, the Security Secretariat also reported on Saturday that expert examinations were requested from the Institute of Criminalistics (IC) for the indicted vehicle. “The reports are in elaboration to assist in clarifying the dynamics of the facts, besides noting any modifications in the car,” said the SSP. In general, these changes in the vehicle are made to give the car more power. Asked by the report, the defense did not comment on this so far.
Suspected ‘crack’ practice at the time of running over
According to a witness heard by the police, the boy gave evidence of vying for a crack with another vehicle at the time he ran over Isabela Priel Regis and Isabelli Helena de Lima Costa, both 18. Faced with the suspicion that Sampaio practiced “crack” at the time of running over and, the understanding is that he would have taken the risk of killing. “Thus, in the present case, the accused by launching himself in practice of very high dangerousness on public roads and by high speed (in conduct known as” crack “), would have consented to the result. Therefore, there is eventual intent in the species,” the police wrote. Sampaio’s defense denies.
Speeding infractions
He had twelve traffic infractions, seven of them for speeding. The information was released by the delegate responsible for the investigation, Kelly Sachetto, in an interview with Record TV. At the time, the SSP also reported that the driver of the car drove at high speed. “The Civil Police obtained images of monitoring cameras that indicate that the author drove at high speed.” The driver remained at the scene after the accident occurred. “He provided help at the same time, not evading the scene. And the drunken test was negative,” the lawyers said on another occasion. Sampaio was subjected to the alcohol test (breathalyzer), which resulted negative
Inseparable friends
According to family members, the two were close friends and graduated together in the same school. Before the accident, they would be celebrating the achievement of Isabelle’s job, which would start in the new professional experience next week. “The two were inseparable friends, studied high school together and died together,” said Claudilene Helena de Lima, Isabelli’s mother, in an interview with reporters on Thursday.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Estadão Content
