The Criminal Enforcement Court of the Federal District (VEP-DF) ordered the arrest of 65-year-old Montenegrin businessman Carlos Humberto Pereira, convicted of throwing a 21-year-old girl from the window of the Gran Petar Hotel, in 2005. The arrest order was issued on November 10, 20 years after the crime.
Montenegro was sentenced to nine years in prison by a jury court in Brasilia in 2017. He was arrested two years later, but was eventually released.
Now, 20 years after the crime, the VEP has cited the final decision of the case (when no further appeal was possible) to set prison in a closed system to begin serving the sentence.
Remember the case
According to eyewitnesses and civilian police reports, Montenegro pushed Patricia Oliveira from the balcony of the room in which they were staying.
According to the Public Ministry, Montenegro was going to push Patricia to death after she rejected his sexual advances, a story that the businessman’s defense has always denied. He denies this and says that the woman threw herself, a story that was not accepted by the courts.
“humane prison”
After the VEP ordered the prisoner to serve his sentence, Montenegro’s defense requested house arrest on humanitarian grounds, stating that the convict was “elderly and in poor health.”
The Public Ministry of the Federal District and Territories (MPDFT) spoke against the request. Prosecutor Rafael Gustavo Reiner noted that the cardiology medical report reveals that “the convict did not exhibit cardiovascular symptoms and had good aerobic capacity for his age group.”
He stressed that “it poses a moderate risk of cardiovascular disease. Moreover, the convict is not affected by obstructive coronary artery disease.”
Regarding the document that refers to “lumbar degenerative disc disease,” the representative said that the condition can be treated with 40 physical therapy sessions.
He stressed that “it appears from the reports submitted by the defense that the convict does not appear to suffer from any comorbidities that are incompatible with group life.”
VEP has not yet analyzed the request.