Killer of Briton in Alcoutim remanded in custody until trial

Paul 06 April 2016

Eugénio Reicha has been charged with aggravated homicide after the body of Simon Carley-Pocock was found in his house near Alcoutim.

The 58-year-old Briton died after being attacked with a spear at his home in the area. The murder suspect is the 20-year-old former companion of the victim who will await trial in custody.

Reicha has been accused of "aggravated homicide and robbery," said the Judicial Police in a statement released today, noting that the arrest was made in collaboration with the PSP Faro after officers stopped Reicha at dawn in Faro. He was driving an Audi convertible and tested over the alcohol limit.

Questions over the ownership of the car led Reicha to confess to stabbing his former partner and confessing to agents that Carley-Pocock possibly might be dead.

The Faro PSP contacted the GNR in Alcoutim and officers went to the victim’s residence and had to force an entry.

The former accountant, Simon Carley-Pocock originally was from Welwyn Garden City. He had been attacked inside his house at Cerro da Vinha during an argument and had been stabbed in the abdomen with a spear, causing his death.

The Judicial Police said that the young man, after assaulting the Briton, "seized the victim's vehicle and several objects of value but was stopped in Faro for driving without a license."

The detainee was taken to the Vila Real de Santo António Court for a preliminary hearing and was ordered to await trial in detention.

Comments

0 #3 Maxwell 2016-04-07 15:26

Yet again Brits like Dierdre do us a service in raising a subject so many Portuguese want to keep hidden. That the Portuguese refuse to speak about with the British - yet, don't deny as it neurotically obsesses them.

So much so that 1,000's of Portuguese leave school each year having secret knowledge of a secret feud with the UK. That 200 hundred years after the event - the Brits were apparently bad fellas back then. Of no relevance to any living Brit today as these insignificant 1890 events have been lost to British history.

But a secret feud that must be kept secret from the British themselves in case they take their cheque books elsewhere. As often said about Portugal and the Portuguese - "You could not make it up!" (But keep it up, D!)

+1 #2 Dave P 2016-04-07 11:06

Quoting Dierdre:

Given results so far involving the British, particularly dead golfers - when this case is filtered through the sunglasses of the Portuguese Judicial System and allowance is made for the accused high status family -we can assume that the Defence lawyers successful claim to have the case thrown out will be that the accused had found this shocking situation and in a panic had gone for help. So the only charge finally being laid against him will be 'driving without a licence'.

Also argued will be that old stand-by that all Portuguese courts have heard and accepted when required to; that the Police beat the original admission out of the accused and the deceased's belongings were planted in the car by the Police. Or already in his car as he was planning to go to an 'English' car boot sale.

Blimey Deidre, you're on fire today!

-1 #1 Dierdre 2016-04-07 11:01

Given results so far involving the British, particularly dead golfers - when this case is filtered through the sunglasses of the Portuguese Judicial System and allowance is made for the accused high status family -we can assume that the Defence lawyers successful claim to have the case thrown out will be that the accused had found this shocking situation and in a panic had gone for help. So the only charge finally being laid against him will be 'driving without a licence'.

Also argued will be that old stand-by that all Portuguese courts have heard and accepted when required to; that the Police beat the original admission out of the accused and the deceased's belongings were planted in the car by the Police. Or already in his car as he was planning to go to an 'English' car boot sale.

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