1.10 The Rise and Fall of Bruno de Carvalho - The Court Cases: Testimony from the Rozzers
In our last part we heard the testimony of the then mister Jorge Jesus and members of his backup team as they gave evidence to the judge in the case against the defendants responsible for the attacks. Jesus confirmed his relationship with Bruno de Carvalho was already past the point of repair and was willing to leave for nothing despite having one more year on his contract worth a minimum of €6m. Less than five days out from the final of the Taça de Portugal you'd a set of players clearly suffering from PTSD who were afraid to ever return to Alcochete for fear of a second attack. Which begs the question I'll ask time and time again and never seem to find an answer to, namely why the game was allowed to go ahead at all? I thought it might also be useful for added context to read evidence from officers of the GNR who attended the scene on the day of the attack and whose evidence was heard during the second and third sessions of the court. In addition we'll hear testimony f...
