A Brazilian goalkeeper indicted in the executing of a previous girlfriend was requested back to prison, the latest part of a seven-year saga that human rights groups say underscores savagery toward ladies in Latin America’s largest country.
Three out of four judges in a board of Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday denied an interest to Boa Esporte goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza, who was released in February while engaging a 22-year sentence in the 2010 killing of Eliza Samudio.
At the season of the slaying, the player was a star of neighborhood giants Flamengo and seen as a potential future individual from Brazil’s squad for the 2014 World Cup on home soil.
Souza’s concise come back to football at a small club in March was set apart by widespread criticism among fans and players, with Boa Esporte losing five sponsors after the declaration.
Be that as it may, others supported the player, droning his name amid preparing and games, and furthermore bringing pictures with him.
Souza had been in prison since 2013 for requesting a companion to kill Samudio, an ex, and cover her body. He has denied any wrongdoing and should sit tight in prison for another gathering of magistrates to run the show.
The request to send Souza back to prison was made by Brazil’s central prosecutor, Rodrigo Janot. He concurred with a request by Samudio’s family, who contended that the goalkeeper’s release before a last trial put them at risk.
Souza signed an agreement with Boa Esporte on March 13 and appeared April 8, playing five times.
The club wiped out Tuesday’s instructional meeting after the decision and club directors refused to converse with the media.
A request of by Brazilian human rights aggregate ‘Somos todos vitimas unidas’ (We are altogether united victims) to stop clubs from signing Souza has been signed by more than 37,000 individuals, while a nearby rights gather in Varginha also crusaded against the player.
After Tuesday’s decision, Souza deliberately handed himself over at a police headquarters in the city of Varginha, where Boa Esporte is based, wearing a dark shirt and a top.
