Brazil’s Supreme Court has started deliberations on a verdict in the coup-plot trial of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

The court’s five justices began voting Tuesday and have until the end of the week to reach a judgement on Bolsonaro, who faces charges of plotting a coup to remain in power after he lost the 2022 election to leftist candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has denied all charges.

The 70-year-old former army officer faces more than four decades in prison if convicted, while seven co-defendants – including ex-ministers and army generals – face similar sentences.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who heads the panel, was the first to vote.

Speaking in court on Tuesday, he said the crimes in question had already been recognised by the high court in prior ru

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