The Justice of Rio de Janeiro denied a habeas corpus to anesthetist Giovanni Quintella Bezerra, denounced for raping a woman during childbirth in the surgical center of the Hospital da Mulher Heloneida Studart, in São João de Meriti, Baixada Fluminense, in July. The decision that denied freedom to the accused last Thursday (17) is by the judge Celso Ferreira Filho, from the 2nd Criminal Chamber of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro.
The Court had already deniedon the 1st of this month, request for freedom for the defendant.
The crime was recorded using the cell phone of one of the professionals who accompanied the cesarean section. The device was hidden inside a cabinet inside the surgical center. Quintella was arrested red-handed on July 10 and his arrest was converted into preventive after undergoing a custody hearing.
The first hearing on the case is scheduled for December 12 in the District of São João de Meriti.