The Public Ministry of Rio Grande do Sul filed an appeal against the release of the four accused for the 242 deaths in the Kiss nightclub, which had the decision of the Jury Court annulled this Wednesday (3).
“The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul requests the granting of provision, pursuant to paragraphs 8 and 9 of art. 4 of Law 8,437/1992, in order to suspend the decision of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, granting freedom to the accused, in order to allow the defendants Elissandro Callegaro Spohr, Mauro Londero Hoffmann, Marcelo de Jesus dos Santos and Luciano Augusto Bonilha Leão, continue to fulfill the sovereign condemnation issued [lavrada] by the Jury Court, in accordance with the determination of the Federal Supreme Court”, requested the Attorney General of Justice, Marcelo Lemos Dornelles.
This Wednesday’s trial analyzed appeals filed by the defenses of the four convicted of the nightclub fire. Two of the accused, Santos and Leão, who were imprisoned in São Vicente do Sul, were released on Wednesday night. Spohr and Hoffmann had not yet left prison until the DA’s appeal.
For the judges who voted in favor of the annulment, the defenses’ allegations justify the suspension of the trial. The magistrates accepted the understanding that, among other points, the selection of the jurors did not take place within the period established by law.
remember the case
On January 27, 2013, a fire at the Kiss nightclub, located in the central area of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, resulted in the death of 242 people and injured 636.
The fire started after one of the members of the Banda Gurizada Fandangueira fired a pyrotechnic device and the sparks hit the ceiling, which was coated with foam.
The members of the Kiss nightclub, Elissandro Callegaro Spohr and Mauro Londero Hoffmann, the lead singer of Banda Gurizada Fandangueira, Marcelo de Jesus dos Santos, and the music producer Luciano Bonilha Leão were sentenced on December 10, 2021.
See what the feathers were like:
- Elissandro Callegaro Spohr: 22 years and 6 months of imprisonment
- Mauro Londero Hoffmann: 19 years and 6 months of imprisonment
- Marcelo de Jesus dos Santos: 18 years of imprisonment
- Luciano Bonilha Leão: 18 years of imprisonment
The trial was presided over by judge Manuel José Martinez Lucas, who was also the rapporteur of the appeals. Judges José Conrado Kurtz de Souza and Jayme Weingartner Neto also participated.
Source: CNN Brasil
