Athlete Who MURDERED His Girlfriend & FED HER TO HIS DOGS is Released Early From Prison So He Can Play Soccer

A star Brazilian goalkeeper jailed for 22 years for ordering the kidnap and murder of hisgirlfriend, who was dismembered and fed to his pet dogs, could be released to play football.

Bruno Fernandes de Souza, 28, confessed to the horrific crimes last March after his ex-girlfriendEliza Samudio was murdered.

But despite his confession and prison sentence, the goalkeeper was allowed to sign a five-year contract with Montes Claros of the Campeonato Mineiro, upi.com reported.

It means Bruno could be allowed to leave prison on day release, accompanied by a police escort, to train with the team and play in matches. But before the contract can be approved and the day release considered a judge will have to grant his approval.

The former Flamengo captain is said to have wanted his ex-partner dead so he could avoid paying child support after she gave birth to his love child.

Her dead body was allegedly fed to Bruno’s pet rottweilers.

Bruno, who was tipped to play for Brazil at the 2014 World Cup, was sentenced to 22 years and three months for the murder.

He has been behind bars since 2010 and is said to be preparing a case to take advantage of a provision in Brazilian law that allows a prisoner more freedom after three or four years, so long as they have shown good behaviour.

Montes Claros club president, Ville Mocellin, confirmed the controversial decision to allow Bruno to sign a contract while he is behind bars.

‘We want to give an opportunity to the man Bruno,’ he told OTempo.

‘For him, it is a chance to return to play. To the club, he is an athlete who can strengthen the team and a way to invest in the social side.’

Judge Marixa Fabiane Rodrigues said the goalkeeper, who played for Brazil’s biggest team Flamengo, had ‘meticulously calculated’ Ms Samudio’s execution.

He told the court in Contagem, south-east Brazil, that the footballer was ‘twisted’ and had ‘instilled in his personality a total misunderstanding of values.’

He added: ‘Bruno believed that, by making the body disappear, he could ensure total impunity.’

The former player had previously denied any knowledge of what happened to the 25-year-old, but told a court last March how his best friend Luiz Henrique Romao had paid someone to kill her.

He admitted that although he hadn’t ordered his former lover to be killed, he had ‘accepted’ it.
Jailed: Bruno Souza, former goalkeeper of Brazil’s Flamengo soccer club, has been sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison for the murder of his former lover

Model: Eliza Samudio is believed to have met Bruno at a party held by another footballer. She later presented a report (left) to police against the footballer, claiming he had got her pregnant

Bruno: the crime scene & rottweillers that ‘ate the corpse’

The goalkeeper is accused of planning Ms Samudio’s abduction and murder with eight others including his wife Dayane, another former lover, a cousin and former policeman Marcos Santos.

It has been alleged that he watched as Santos tortured her and then helped him to chop her body.

Parts of the woman’s corpse are alleged to have been fed to Bruno’s pet rottweillers, while the rest was buried in concrete.

At an earlier trial, Romao was found guilty of Ms Samudio’s murder and jailed for 15 years. Santos will be put on trial next month.

Fernandes, who before his arrest had been linked with a multi-million pound transfer to AC Milan, has always claimed Ms Samudio was alive and had left the country. Her body has never been found.

But he told the court in Contagem that his cousin, Jorge Rosa, who had witnessed the murder, had told him what had happened.
He claimed that after kidnapping Ms Samudio, Romao had taken her to a house in Belo Horizonte where hired killer Santos was waiting.Broke down: Souza, 28, is seen in the Forum of Contagem, metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil, this week