Ricardo Salgado
Defence lawyers representing former president of BES Ricardo Salgado say he is unfit to plea due to suffering from Alzheimer's disease

Former BES boss Salgado appeals jail term to Constitutional Court

Lawyers defending former BES boss Ricardo Salgado – said to be suffering from increasing mental incapacity due to Alzheimer’s disease – are reported to be appealing the latest judicial blow which saw the Lisbon Court of Appeal EXTEND their client’s jail term from six to eight years for the undue appropriation of €10.7 million.