Obsession, manipulation and murder: The death of Bruna Fonseca

In 2022, 28 year old librarian Bruna Fonseca fulfilled a lifelong
dream to travel to Ireland from her home in Brazil.


She was attending English classes in Cork, sending money home
from her work as a hospital cleaner and embarking on a new
relationship with a fellow student when her life was brutally cut
short by Miller Pacheco, the obsessive ex-boyfriend who refused
to acknowledge their relationship was over.


Last week Pacheco was convicted of her murder, despite his claims
of self-defence. The evidence of his obsession, his refusal to
let her get on with her life, and his actions in the early hours
of 1 January 2023 proved overwhelming, with the jury reaching a
unanimous verdict after just over an hour deliberating.


Bruna’s family and friends paid tribute to her after the trial,
with her cousin Marcela Fonseca pointing out the injustice of
what was done to her.


“A man decides to take someone's life. And the question that
remains is: how little is our life worth? A life that was taken
because a woman was not allowed to move on, to choose, to love,
to live her own life."


The Irish Examiner’s court reporter Liam Heylin reported on the
trial. He’s the guest on today’s episode.


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