Maria de Jesus Rendeiro Freed
João Rendeiro’s wife was under house arrest with an electronic bracelet. The coercive measure was lightened as the danger of flight was mitigated
The Lisbon Criminal Investigation Court decided to remove an electric bracelet and ejection from the house arrest of João Rendeiro’s wife, thus easing the coercion of Maria de Jesus in the process in which she is suspected of embezzling the family’s works of art that were imprisoned.
In question, CNN Portugal knows, the danger of escape was linked to the attenuation of Maria de Jesus leaving the country to meet her husband. With the death of João Rendeiro, in South Africa, while he was in prison after having been, that danger was extinguished and the court took that into account.
Starting this Wednesday, Maria de Jesus Rendeiro can leave the house and report to the authorities once a week. She is banned from leaving the country.
The coercive measure had been imposed in November 2021 and in November 2021, for more than three months, no scope of the D’Arte Asas process, without which the suspicion of embezzlement, disobedience, money laundering and crimes forgery of documents relating to works of art in her husband’s collection.
The initiative to promote the end of the obligation to stay in housing with electrical surveillance (OPHVE) came from the TCIC itself, following the death of the former banker in South Africa, last Thursday night.
João Rendeiro’s widow was the faithful custodian of the paintings held by the former banker, considering the court that she knew about the forgeries and the diversion of the works. In the activity of danger of flight, danger of disruption of the investigation/investigation and danger of continuation of the criminal.
João Rendeiro, 69, was found dead on Thursday in Westville Prison, according to a note from the Department of Prison Services. The African police ruled out the involvement of third parties in the death of João Rendeiro, reinforcing the thesis that the former banker put an end to his own life, CNN Portugal knows.
The former president of the BPP has been dedicated to South Africa since December 11, 2021, after three months of escaping Portuguese justice to avoid serving time in Portugal.
João Rendeiro was involved in three different processes related to the receipt of the BPP, with the court having proven that he withdrew 13.61 million euros from the bank.
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