Portuguese soccer coach arrested for child pornography offenses

Treinador de Futebol em Portugal detido por crimes de pornografia infantil

A 53-year-old citizen, whose nationality is notãAs it was possible to ascertain, and who works as an indoor soccer (Futsal) coach in Evora (Portugal), was arrested by the Judiciary Police on charges of child pornography and sexual harassment crimes.

Today the Portuguese portals say that the man took advantage of his professional status and proximity to incite his students to give in to his incentives.

The arrest occurred out of flagrante delicto since the crimes were committed through social networks "taking advantage of the proximity allowed by their profession"

"The defendant, an educational assistant and futsal coach, habitual frequenter of various platforms on the Internet, requested, on the one hand, that people send him photographs and/or intimate videos and, on the other hand, induced minors to make video calls where he showed off sexually, always with full awareness that all the interlocutors were minors," says the PJ.

The detainee, a resident of the municipality of Évora, with no criminal record, will be presented to the first judicial interrogation for application of measures of coercion.

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