Now that the José Sócrates legal team has digested the news that judge Carlos Alexandre will remain in charge of the prosecution of the former PM, despite efforts to have him removed, it has lodged a complaint that the phone tap recordings offered as evidence in the Operation Marquês case, are "inaudible and worthless."The Sócrates legal team claims that the recordings are "infected by malicious viruses" and are recorded on a technology that allows them easily to be tampered with.
Pedro Delille, one of José Sócrates’ lawyers, formally has requested in the Central Court of Criminal Investigation, "the nullity of all telephone wiretaps carried out and put together in the investigation of the so-called Marquês operation."
The lawyer added that the recordings, "do not allow identification of the participants in the conversations, nor the date, time or place in which they occurred."
The application to have the recordings refused as evidence is hardly unexpected as in January 2018, Pedro Delille complained in statements to Público, that the recordings were corrupted.
The defence team says that even computer experts have stated the audio files have been infected and that they should be dismissed as evidence.
The lawyer added that the recordings, "do not allow identification of the participants in the conversations, nor the date, time or place in which they occurred."
The application to have the recordings refused as evidence is hardly unexpected as in January 2018, Pedro Delille complained in statements to Público, that the recordings were corrupted.
The defence team says that even computer experts have stated the audio files have been infected and that they should be dismissed as evidence.
