Portuguese court denies criminal appeal, ruling victim lacks standing without assistant status and prognosis must rely on current circumstances.

The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed the criminal appeal unanimously, rejecting the defendant's request to suspend the sentence execution. The court held that the victim, having failed to constitute themselves as an assistant, lacked the legal standing to submit counter-arguments. Furthermore, the judge's prognostic assessment required reliance on circumstances coeval with the decision rather than the time of the crime. Consequently, the appeal was rejected because the procedural requirements for the victim's participation were not met and the legal standard for sentencing prognosis was misapplied.