One of the accused, aged 40, was arrested last April and has been in pre-trial detention since then.

According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which charged the two men through the Albufeira Department of Investigation and Criminal Action, at the beginning of September 2019, “during the night, the accused accessed the interior of the factory and upon seeing the victim, they beat him, in particular, on the face and neck” and, “using a grey adhesive tape, they tied his feet, his hands, covered his mouth and suffocated him”.

The victim died from external compression of the neck.

The men stole €16,000 and several objects and fled.