Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro’s request to convert his prison sentence for plotting a coup to house arrest, according to a ruling published on Thursday.
Bolsonaro’s lawyers submitted the request on Wednesday, citing a “real risk of a sudden worsening” in health for the far-right ex-leader as the reason to serve his 27-year sentence at home.
Bolsonaro, 70, has been hospitalised for more than a week after undergoing surgery for a groin hernia and then a…
Source: Bolsonaro denied house arrest by Brazil Supreme Court despite health plea
