Pai de santo is convicted of charging R$700,000 to ward off evil spirits from a woman in the interior of SP

Pai de santo is convicted of charging R$700,000 to ward off evil spirits from women The 4th Chamber of Criminal Law of the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo (TJ-SP) upheld a decision from the 1st Criminal Court of Rio Claro (SP), which sentenced an alleged religious leader for extortion to a sentence of 9 years and 26 days in prison, in an initial closed regime. According to the sentence, the victim was facing personal and health problems when she met the defendant who initially requested payment of R$2,300 to carry out the "spiritual work". Over the course of months, the woman suffered losses of approximately R$700,000. g1 was unable to contact those involved in the process until the last update of this report. The dates of the decisions were not disclosed. ? Follow g1 São Carlos and Araraquara on Instagram Rio Claro Criminal Forum (SP) Reproduction/Google Maps As determined by g1, after the defendant's conviction, his defense requested his acquittal due to insufficient evidence. In the alternative, he requested the declassification of the crime from extortion to embezzlement, in addition to the review of the sentence and the initial open regime. (See more below). What the crime was like Between February 17, 2021 and November 1, 2021, the defendant obtained an illicit advantage of approximately R$700,000, forcing the victim, through a serious threat, to make several cash transfers, contracts and acquisitions, taking advantage of the victim's personal problems. The victim went to a religious items store to buy candles and was weakened due to personal and health problems, at which time the defendant took her to the place where he served as a 'pai de santo', in the Estádio neighborhood, making her believe that she was surrounded by evil spirits. Initially, the victim paid R$2,300 for the work carried out. However, the defendant took advantage of the victim's emotional fragility and encouraged her to perform more spiritual services, which, together, caused losses of around R$380,000. Party for the entity After the victim announced that she had retired, the defendant demanded that she throw a party for the entity that he claimed was responsible for the achievement, charging R$100,000. At the time, she said she didn't have the amount, but she was induced by him to take out a loan, because if she 'disobeyed' something worse could happen, and she could even be killed by the entity. In another work session, the pai de santo made the victim believe that she had been incorporated by another entity and charged R$30,000 for the service. Shortly afterwards, the victim expressed a desire to leave work, but was conditioned to a new spiritual service worth R$75,000. Unable to pay the amount, the supposed spiritual leader encouraged the victim to donate her own apartment, valued at R$225,000, so that he could sell the property. Money Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil Financing and purchase of furniture Through threats that the entities were nervous and wanted to kill her, the defendant induced the victim to purchase two cars, one for R$49,900, and the other for R$122,900, both through financing. He then asked the woman to draw up a public power of attorney transferring the cars for him to act on her behalf. In addition to loans and financing, the defendant also demanded that the victim purchase several household appliances and furniture, as well as a notebook, totaling R$14,524.40. According to the lawsuit, a friend encouraged her to report the case. "Psychologically shaken, the victim was induced to grant power of attorney to the accused, finance several vehicles and sell her own apartment, resulting in a total loss of approximately R$700,000. Finally, the victim clarified that all donations and transfers of assets were motivated exclusively by the well-founded fear of death generated by the threats, and she only denounced the criminal scheme after the assistance of a friend", pointed out the sentence. 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"The victim described numerous times the serious explicit threats perpetrated by the defendant, taking advantage of her poor mental health condition and her beliefs, vehemently alleging that evil spirits would kill her if she did not cooperate with the demands made by him, and the threats and coercions were repeated, in order to impose constant embarrassment on the victim and pressure her to carry out acts of property dilapidation, which rules out the simple allegation of scam or fraudulent negotiation", observed the rapporteur. Judges Luís Soares de Mello and Euvaldo Chaib completed the trial. The vote was unanimous. Victim was approached by pai de santo while buying candles in a religious items store in Rio Claro, SP Pixabay/Pexels REVIEW EPTV VIDEOS: See more news from the region on g1 São Carlos and Araraquara