The Portuguese man arrested on suspicion of killing a Briton at his Alcoutim home, has been sentenced to 14 years and six months in jail by a court in Vila Real de Santo António.
Eugénio Reicha was accused of stabbing the British expatriate, Simon Carley-Pocock, 58, with a spear in his home in Serro da Vinha, Pereiro.
Reicha (pictured below) had made off in Carley-Pocock's car but later was pulled over by the police in Faro as he was driving erratically and was found to have no driving licence. A knife and some items stolen from the Briton's house were discovered in the vehicle.
Rightly suspecting that the Audi A4 had been stolen, the police in Faro asked the GNR to pay a visit to Carley-Pocock’s cottage where they discovered his lifeless body early on Tuesday April 5th, last year.
Simon Carley-Pocock moved from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire to Portugal several years ago on health advice. He died after being stabbed several times in the abdomen with a spear.
As both victim and aggressor were involved in the gay scene, it widely has been concluded that there was an argument over payment for sex, although this has not been confirmed, nor has it been confirmed that the two had been in a relationship when a row erupted.
