Brava: Pretrial detention for accused of the crime of sexual assault of a minor

The Court of the Comarca da Brava applied, Tuesday, preventive detention to a male individual, residing in the locality of Furna, suspected of committing the crime of sexual assault on a child.

This information was given to Inforpress by a judicial source, explaining that the Public Ministry issued an arrest warrant outside the flagrante delicto and on January 31, the individual was presented to the first judicial interrogation for the application of coercive measures.

According to the same source, this individual, aged 56, was indicted for the crime of sexual abuse, whose victim is 11 years old and lives in Nova Sintra.

The aggressor is currently being held at the Brava Police Station, but will be taken to the civil jail on the island of Fogo.