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• Public prosecutor files charges over May 2015 incident• Officer being charged with assault and accused of lyingPortugal’s public prosecutor has filed charges that could bring a prison sentence of more than 10 years against a policeman who allegedly beat a middle-aged football fan in front of his two young sons, with the video of the incident causing a national scandal.The prosecutor’s office said evidence suggested the officer used excessive force in May 2015 when he allegedly punched José Magalhães, then 42, twice in the face and hit him repeatedly with a truncheon outside the Guimarães stadium in northern Portugal. Magalhães was accompanied by his children aged nine and 13, with the youngest son screaming at officers to stop. Continue reading...
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