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Sensational in Brazil: Sentenced to 17 years in prison, stole a ball signed by Neymar

2025-07-04 20:04:45Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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The theft of a ball signed by Neymar cost a Brazilian man a very serious criminal sentence, who was hit with 17 years in prison. The decision, announced by the Brazilian Supreme Court, must also be placed in the context of the attack on the National Congress carried out by thousands of far-right activists on January 8, 2023.

In addition to the aggravated theft of the ball that was being held there, Nelson Ribeiro Fonseca Junior was also found guilty of the crimes of violent destruction of the democratic rule of law, coup d'état, damage to public property, armed conspiracy to commit a crime, and aggravated damage.

Attack on Brazilian Congress and Neymar's signed ball

The attack on Brazil's National Congress was an attack carried out in January two years ago by thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, mostly far-right, against the headquarters of the three branches of the Brazilian state in Brasilia. It was an attempt to destabilize the country's democratic institutions, in response to Lula's victory in the 2022 presidential election, which Bolsonaro's supporters had not accepted.

Sensational in Brazil: Sentenced to 17 years in prison, stole a ball signed by

Nelson Ribeiro Fonseca Junior has admitted to taking part in the attack, which took place eight days after Lula took office. His arrest came a month after the failed coup, when he turned himself in at a police station in the city of Sorocaba, about 860 kilometers from Brasilia, to return the ball and admit his responsibility. The ball, signed by Neymar, was a gift that a Santos delegation had presented to the Chamber of Deputies in 2012, after a solemn session to mark the 100th anniversary of the Paulista club.

Thief sentenced to 17 years in prison, his version is absurd

The members of the Supreme Court rejected the defense's arguments that Ribeiro Fonseca had 'seized' the ball to protect it during the attacks on Congress and therefore would have returned it a month later. According to the investigating judge in the case, the convicted man not only joined a criminal group that aimed to destroy the institution with a coup, but also incited others to do the same. Of the almost two thousand Bolsonaro supporters arrested for the riots of January 8, 2023, about 500 have been sentenced to sentences ranging from 13 to 17 years.


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