2.5 The Story of Alcochete: Fool me once, shame on you...
To recap our last post we looked at the day that the searches took place at Casinha, the home of the Juve Leo headquarters situated at the Estádio José Alvalade. For once we drew a neat line under something, namely the charges of drug trafficking made against Nuno Mendes and in turn Cândida Vilar's accusation that free matchday tickets supplied by the football club were being used to finance this supposed illicit activity. Personally I think that Judge Pires was rather taken with the man having heard him in court. Far from being the person that the GNR had painted him out to be in the earliest sessions heard by the court, he'd received quite glowing testimonials from members of the defendants who swore on oath that had Mustafá known of the attacks he would have stopped the plan and had he been at Alcochete he would have ensured the behaviour of those present. The judge said on February 28th, 2020 about Mendes: "I hope that once released, he will be part of the solution and...
