A British banking executive could spend the rest of his life behind bars in a Portuguese prison after being extradited following the horrific killing of a teenager with a broken bottle in Lisbon.
Daniel Dunbar, who is set to be tried by Portuguese officials over the death of Daniel Galhanas in 2023, has been working in the Investor Management Department at the Royal Bank of Canada, The Sun reports.
This is the first time rugby-playing 29-year-old, from Bexleyheath, Kent, has been named by authorities following a two-year-long manhunt.
Teen Galhanas died after being stabbed in the neck with the sharp glass object in the early hours of October 14 2023.
Dunbar was forced on a flight back to Portugal and remanded in custody after failed appeals against his return.
It is said the attack against the 19-year-old victim occurred in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto neighbourhood.
Initial reports suggest he was targeted while trying to defend a friend who was part of a gang of thieves that tried to rob the suspected killer and his friends.
The stabbing victim was first identified as one of the gang members who attacked the group, allegedly British tourists, in the Portuguese capital.
Family members have denied Daniel was involved with the gang and said he was only trying to help his friend.
According to the family, one of the tourists threw a bottle at Daniel’s friend after the group was approached.
The bottle broke and the unnamed suspect picked up the smashed bottle, using it to slash at Daniel, who had come between the group and his friend.
A horrifying video shows the moment the male tourist launches a bottle at Daniel’s friend before stabbing the victim, who then stumbles and collapses in a pool of blood in the street.
The group of tourists are then seen running away.
Daniel went into cardiac arrest and was taken alive to São José Hospital after being found by volunteer firefighters – but did not survive his injuries.
Video footage from above the street shows about a dozen people clashing in the road as cars pass at the intersection of Calçada do Combro and Largo do Calhariz.
Police say the gang targets foreign tourists on weekend evenings as they walk through the city after a night out.
Confirming the arrest and extradition, Portugal’s police force said: ‘The Policia Judiciaria, with the collaboration of the police and judicial authorities of the United Kingdom, located, arrested and extradited to Portugal a 27-year-old man who is strongly suspected of committing a first degree murder.’
They added: ‘The crime took place in the early hours of 14 October, 2023, between 4am and 5am, following an altercation between two rival groups.
‘The victim ended up being hit in the neck with a broken glass bottle, which caused serious injuries and led to his death on the spot.
‘After the incident, both the suspect and the other members of his group fled the scene.
‘Investigative work carried out by the PJ’s Lisbon and Tagus Valley Directorate, which is leading the investigation, led to the identification of the suspected perpetrator and the issuing of an international arrest warrant.
‘The suspect, a foreign national, was eventually located and arrested in the United Kingdom, where he travelled to the day after the murder.
‘After being brought before judicial authorities in Portugal, he was remanded in pre-trial custody.’