Six years after the crime, the former police officers accused of the murder of Marielle and Anderson are tried by a jury
The first day of the trial against those accused of the execution of Marielle Franco and your driver Anderson Gomesthe councilor’s mother, Marinette Silvamoved the Court as she shared the devastating impact of her daughter’s murder. “You cannot define what I went through in those years,” Marinete said this Wednesday 30, recounting the experience of losing his daughter in 2018.
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Six years after the crime, former police officers Ronnie Lessa and Élcio de Queiroz, accused of being responsible for the attack, face the jury.
Marinete, the second prosecution witness to testify, highlighted the committed and generous personality of her daughter, who, according to her, was dedicated to her family and the fight for social justice. “They took a piece away from me. Every time it hurts, it hurts a lot,” he said. The first to speak was Fernanda Chaves, Marielle’s former advisor and survivor of the crime.
At one point in his testimony, Marinete said he sent a message to his daughter’s cell phone days after the crime, in a desperate gesture. “My daughter! What have they done to you?” she wrote, describing the experience as the “delirium of a mother” who could not accept the loss.
In addition to dealing with the pain of absence, Marinete said the family had been the target of abuse after the murder, but she highlighted the integrity of Marielle, who, from a young age, contributed significantly to the home. The former councilor, who became a mother at 19 and took care of her sister Anielle Franconow Minister for Racial Equality, he has also become a point of reference in the defense of human rights and against state violence.
The trial, with Lessa and Queiroz heard via videoconference, includes seven jurors chosen from a group of 21 people, who will remain in isolation throughout the trial.
Source: Terra
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