Businessman Fernando Sastre de Andrade Filho, driver of the Porsche car that caused the death of app driver Ornaldo da Silva Viana, last month, in São Paulo, remains at large.
With the warrant in hand, a team from the 30th Police District, in Tatuapé, went to Sastre’s address in Vila Regente Feijó, in the east zone of São Paulo, to comply with the Court’s decision on Saturday afternoon. As he was not found, he was considered a fugitive.
According to the State Secretariat of Public Security of São Paulo, the Civil Police are continuing their searches to comply with the arrest warrant issued by the Court. The arrest was ordered on Friday night (3).
The decision was handed down by judge João Augusto Garcia. For the magistrate, precautionary measures decreed by the first instance against the accused – such as prohibition on leaving the district, not approaching the victims’ family members and keeping personal data updated – are not sufficient for the case.
“The active effect must be attributed, in order to, consequently, decree the preventive measure, taking care of public order, also aiming to avoid the repetition of the crime and guarantee the regular criminal investigation”, decided the judge.
Arrest request
Earlier, the Public Ministry of São Paulo (MPSP) had filed an appeal in which it once again requested the arrest of the businessman, which was rejected twice by the courts. The prosecutor, Monique Ratton, filed an unnamed precautionary measure asking the court to accept the appeal filed against the decision that denied Fernando Sastre’s preventive detention.
For her, in addition to the case meeting the requirements for preventive detention, “there is, on the part of the accused, an act of influence on the witness’ testimony, verified after the recordings of the police images were made available.”
The prosecutor charged Sastre on April 29 with qualified intentional homicide (penalty of 12 to 30 years in prison) and very serious bodily injury (which can increase the total sentence by one-sixth), both in the form of possible intent.
The accident occurred on March 31st of this year, on Avenida Salim Farah Maluf, in the east zone of São Paulo. According to investigations, Sastre’s car was speeding before crashing into Ornaldo’s Renault Sandero.
