Businessman sentenced to 17 years for death of app driver

Businessman Fernando Sastre de Andrade Filho was sentenced this Thursday (29) to 17 years, one month and 10 days in closed prison, for the death of app driver Ornaldo da Silva Viana, aged 52, on March 31, 2024.

In addition to the prison sentence, he will not be able to drive motor vehicles or appeal for freedom, according to a court decision.

According to the prosecution, Fernando was driving a Porsche at high speed and was drunk when he hit the back of the Renault Sandero driven by the victim. The report from the Criminalistics Institute indicated that the vehicle was traveling at around 136 km/h at the time of impact, on a stretch of Avenida Salim Farah Maluf, in Tatuapé, where the speed limit is 50 km/h.

During the trial, Sastre admitted, for the first time, that he had drunk alcohol before hitting Viana's car. Before, in all his statements, he said that he had only drunk water that night. The businessman said he was still sorry and apologized to the driver's family.

The trial began on Wednesday (28), at the Barra Funda Criminal Forum, in the capital of São Paulo. 14 witnesses were listed in the process and 11 were heard.

Among the witnesses were military police officer Daisy Aparecida Cardoso Romão, who released Fernando from the scene of the accident without him taking a breathalyzer test, when Sastre's mother claimed she would take him for medical attention due to a nose bleed.