Eight months after die-hard supporters of Brazil's defeated former president Jair Bolsonaro rioted through federal buildings in the capital, Brasilia, the first batch of nearly 14,000 people accused of taking part in the riots are being brought to justice before Brazil's Supreme Court.

CGTN's Paulo Cabral reports, the first defendant tried was handed a 17-year prison sentence

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