Lisbon's Court of Appeal found that the decision not to try them failed to set out the facts behind it, and sent the case back to an investigating judge. The ruling was not unanimous.
The Tribunal de Sintra on Monday sentenced PSP officer Bruno Pinto to three years and six months suspended for the October 2024 killing of Odair Moniz in Cova da Moura. The bench ruled no knife existed and framed the shooting as self-defence with excessive means. Defence will appeal.
The Tribunal de Sintra (Sintra Court) is scheduled to read its verdict in the homicide trial of Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP — Public Security Police) officer Bruno Pinto at 15:30 on Monday, 15 June 2026, closing a 20-month judicial process...
Closing arguments in the trial of PSP agent Bruno Pinto over the 21 October 2024 fatal shooting of Odair Moniz open at the Tribunal Central Criminal de Sintra on Monday 18 May 2026 , seven months into a proceeding that began on 22 October 2025 and...
