Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro is one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power.
The verdict and sentencing phase has started in the trial of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro.
A panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup after the far-right leader lost the 2022 election.