Brazil asked to help with return of rapist

THE Government has requested the Brazilian embassy to ask a countryman who failed to show at the inquest of the 14-year-old girl he raped to return to Ireland voluntarily for questioning.

On Friday, officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs met Brazilian ambassador Stelio Marcos Amarante to ask for his co-operation in assisting in the return to Ireland of convicted rapist Weldos Froitas Cavalcante.

Last week, at the inquest into the death of Jamie Maughan, the girl he raped, it emerged the Brazilian embassy facilitated Cavalcante’s repatriation. This was despite the fact gardaí seized his passport to ensure he responded to the summons to attend the Coroner’s Court.