Just received the letter below from Portugal, which
Google Translate has helped me gather is to tell us that the inquiry into
our car being broken into in Óbidos is now closed due to lack of evidence.
To add to the fun of reading the original Portuguese to type in to the translator, some of the words hadn't printed properly so I am left to make educated guesses about a language I know two words in.
Announced themselves to V. Exa, as a Denunciante, which was delivered in the order of filing survey referenced above, resulted in a complaint lodged against DESCONHECIDOS, pursuant to art. 277 of Code of Criminal Procedure, with its reopening arise if new evidence which invalidem the pleas in that order-art. 279, paragraph 1, of the same diploma legality.
Junta is a copy of the order of filing.
(Overleaf)
I declare closed the investigation.
It was presented complaint against unknown by the facts contained in the self-denunciation of fls.3 whose content here is given by fully reproduced.
These facts constituting the practice of at least one crime of theft pep under art 203, 1e 204, 1 al b of the Criminal Code.
It was conducted survey carrying out all the steps useful and relevant in order to ascertain the authorship of the facts reported.
However failed to obtain such information is, or if there can perform qualduer another diligence able to achieve this purpose, because there are no witnesses presence of the practice of the crime, or any other means probatórios on the same.
Accordingly, pursuant to Article 277th 2 to the CPP, it is decidor the archiving of the present case, for insuficiencia of evidence regarding the identity of the author of the crime.
Accordingly, and without prejudice to arto 279 in 1do CPP, determino the closing of the case pursuant to paragraph 2 of arto 277th of the CPP.
Wait 30 days, after which they ask the OPC if new evidence emerged of evidence, nothing came, appropriately, obey the provisions of arto 277th no3 of CPP
Due in low.
Anyway, obrigado, Portuguese police! Or should that be "Due in low"?