Former contestant on the TVI reality show “Love on Top” Nuno Silva.
The court found that Nuno da Silva, who doused his sleeping son’s body with gasoline, planned the crime and was aware of what he was doing.
The Setúbal Court condemned Nuno da Silva to 12 and a half years in prison for trying to kill his five-year-old son, in a case that occurred in October 2024, in Quinta do Conde. The defendant, who participated in the Love on Top program, was considered guilty of qualified homicide in the form of attempted and domestic violence against the two children.
According to the panel of judges, it was proven that Nuno da Silva drugged the child with pillsapplied a cloth soaked in ethyl ether to her face and, later, doused her body with gasoline while she slept. Despite the seriousness of the acts, he did not set the fire.
The facts date back to the morning of October 14, 2024, when the accused took advantage of the absence of the children’s mother to act. After sedate the eldest sontook him out of the room and took him to another room in the house, where he implemented the plan. He then left with his other four-year-old son, handing him over to his grandparents, convinced that the murder had been completed, explains the .
The court found that the defendant acted with full conscience and premeditation, rejecting the thesis of psychic decompensation suggested by the defense. It was demonstrated that days before the crime he had purchased ethyl ether, reinforcing the idea of planning. “He knew exactly what he was doing,” said the judge, removing any doubt about the intentionality of the acts.
In addition to the attempted murder, Nuno da Silva was convicted of a history of domestic violence against their children, which included physical attacks and punishments in isolation. The court highlighted typical patterns of abuse, with episodes of violence followed by compensatory behavior.
As part of the sentence, the defendant was further prohibited from exercising parental responsibilities and ordered to pay compensation of R$35,000 to the son he tried to kill and R$5,000 to the other.
