The conductor

On 18 June the conductor took the stand and defended the singers: if the sound had been at a hundred per cent, none of it would have happened. In the witness room, everyone waited their turn as the heat closed in. When the fan's turn came, it was gone. Eight people and a fan, one per row and one per column. Almost nothing is said directly: you'll have to cross everything.

Suspects

• Augusta, the piano tuner: She came with the conductor out of professional solidarity. She says it's never the instrument's fault.
• Bonifácio, the witnesses' usher: He calls the witnesses in order. He called the same one twice, and the same one came twice.
• Cesaltina, the choir singer: She's sung in the same choir for thirty years. She heard the Portimão anthem and says the choir has had days like that too.
• Dimas, the retired sound engineer: He worked festivals for forty years. He explained the sync problem to the whole waiting room, with his hands.
• Edite, the music journalist: She wrote about the duo's first album in 2000. Now she writes about the lawsuit.
• Florêncio, the conservatoire student: He came to see the conductor the way others go to see a footballer. He got an autograph on his metro ticket.
• Guilhermina, the courtyard sandwich lady: She has a van in the courtyard only on big trial days. This one counts as big.
• Higino, the taxi driver: He brought the conductor and waited with the meter running. It's on sixty euros.