Eugénio Reicha has been charged with aggravated homicide after the body of Simon Carley-Pocock was found in his house near Alcoutim.
The 58-year-old Briton died after being attacked with a spear at his home in the area. The murder suspect is the 20-year-old former companion of the victim who will await trial in custody.
Reicha has been accused of "aggravated homicide and robbery," said the Judicial Police in a statement released today, noting that the arrest was made in collaboration with the PSP Faro after officers stopped Reicha at dawn in Faro. He was driving an Audi convertible and tested over the alcohol limit.
Questions over the ownership of the car led Reicha to confess to stabbing his former partner and confessing to agents that Carley-Pocock possibly might be dead.
The Faro PSP contacted the GNR in Alcoutim and officers went to the victim’s residence and had to force an entry.
The former accountant, Simon Carley-Pocock originally was from Welwyn Garden City. He had been attacked inside his house at Cerro da Vinha during an argument and had been stabbed in the abdomen with a spear, causing his death.
The Judicial Police said that the young man, after assaulting the Briton, "seized the victim's vehicle and several objects of value but was stopped in Faro for driving without a license."
The detainee was taken to the Vila Real de Santo António Court for a preliminary hearing and was ordered to await trial in detention.
