Midweek Sport

KILLER LESBIANS CHOPPED UP VICTIM

Severed digit used to access internet bank

- By COLIN HURST news@sundayspor­t.co.uk

A LESBIAN couple have been arrested on suspicion of killing a man and chopping off his fingers to access his bank account to steal a £60,000 inheritanc­e.

Parts of hotel worker Diogo Goncalves’ dismembere­d body were discovered in different areas of the Algarve, Portugal.

Police arrested two women, aged 19 and 23, on suspicion of murdering the 21-year-old man and desecratin­g his body.

Security worker Maria Malveira, 19, allegedly promised Diogo a lap dance so she could tie him to a chair before strangling him, then dismemberi­ng and dumping his body over nearly a week with the help of nurse lover Mariana Fonseca.

Sword

His head was found in Tavira and his torso an hour-and-a-half’s drive away in Sagres at the western end of the Algarve.

His arms and feet – also thought to have been dumped in Tavira after being cut off with a sword and a meat cleaver – are yet to be found.

Police spokesman Antonio Madureira has stated the gruesome murder was thought to be financiall­y motivated and involved the alleged use of the victim’s unique prints on his chopped-off fingers to access his bank details on his phone and transfer money from his bank account.

The victim is said to have received £60,000 after his mother was run over in July 2016.

Malveira reportedly had a secret affair with Diogo before moving in with Fonseca.

She is accused of dismemberi­ng him with her lover at their home near Lagos.

The suspected killers have been remanded in jail after appearing in a closed-court hearing.

 ??  ?? VICTIM: Diogo Goncalves
NURSE: Mariana Fonseca
VICTIM: Diogo Goncalves NURSE: Mariana Fonseca
 ??  ?? AFFAIR: Maria Malveira
AFFAIR: Maria Malveira

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