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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/briton-faces-court-over-lawyer.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Serena Wylde is facing a possible jail sentence in Portugal" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-briton-faces-court-over-lawyer.jpg" alt="Serena Wylde is facing a possible jail sentence in Portugal"/></a></p>
<p>The trial of a British woman, who is facing up to nine months in a Portuguese jail after making a complaint against a lawyer, is due to begin.</p>
<p>Businesswoman Serena Wylde, 59, from Putney, stands accused of aggravated criminal defamation, human rights charity Fair Trials International said.</p>
<p>She was charged after writing to the solicitors&#8217; regulatory body, Ordem dos Advogados, calling for disciplinary action against lawyer Fernando Pimenta de Almeida Borges.</p>
<p>The lawyer had been acting for Ms Wylde&#8217;s neighbour in a dispute over a gate built on the businesswoman&#8217;s property.</p>
<p>An amicable solution was reached but Mr Pimenta de Almeida Borges continued legal proceedings despite being informed of the settlement, Fair Trials said.</p>
<p>Ms Wylde complained to the solicitors&#8217; regulatory body which then forwarded her letter to the prosecutor&#8217;s office which began criminal proceedings against her.</p>
<p>Jago Russell, chief executive of Fair Trials International, said: &#8220;It beggars belief that Serena Wylde is facing a criminal trial and the threat of months in a foreign jail for making a confidential complaint to a regulatory body. This prosecution flies in the face of free speech and puts those in positions of power beyond reproach.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Pimenta de Almeida Borges is the son of a former Supreme Court judge and belongs to a prominent family in Portugal, Fair Trials said. According to the charity, Mr Pimenta de Almeida Borges told the prosecutor he was &#8220;a well-to-do and cultured individual&#8221;.</p>
<p>He said: &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to fix a sum to indemnify the offence suffered by one who exercises his profession with such honour, dignity and seriousness.&#8221; He went on to suggest a payment of 50,000 euro (£42,700).</p>
<p>Ms Wylde, who has a Portuguese husband, inherited the house in Praia da Luz after her parents died.</p>
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