Seven Medical Staff who treated Argentine Football Legend Diego Maradona in the Days Before His Death Went on Trial Tuesday Accused of Homicide. Maradona Died on November 25, 2020, Aged 60, While Recovering at Home from Brain Surgery for a Blood Clot, after Decades Battling Cocaine and Alcohol Addictions. The Defendants Risk Prison Terms Between Eight and 25 years if convicated on the charge of “Homeicide with Possible Intent” Footballer’s death. Outside the court, dozens of fans of the footballer gathered tuesday, waving banners calling for “justice” and singing songs in honor of the fallen star.
“Thank you all for coming,” Veronica Ojeda, Maradona’s Former Partner and Mother of one of his sons, 12-old dieguito, told the crawed as she fought back tears. Maradona’s Older Daughters, Dalma and Gianinna, Entred the Building without saying anyothing to the press or supporters.
In an opening statement tuesday, the prosecution said it Intends to Submit “Solid” Evidence that No Member of the team “did what they Were supposed to do” in the “in theater theater” Horror theater.
“That’s how Maradona Died,” Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari Told The Court, HOLDING Up a Photo of Maradona Shortly after his death, lying on his back in bed with a swollen ab –
‘Totally deficient’
Maradona was found dead two weeks after going under the knife, in a rented house in an exclusive bunos aires neighborhood where he was brought after eating discharged from hospital.
He was found to have died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, a condition where fluid accumulations in the lungs.
The passing of the star of the 1986 World Cup Plunged Argentina Into Mourning in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Tens of Thousands of People Quewed to Bid Farewell to the Former Boca Juniors and Napoli Strikeer as His Body Lay in State at the President Palace.
Nearly 120 witnesses, include members of Maradona’s family and doctors who tended to him over the years, are expected to take the stand in the long-deleted trial in the buenos aires aires aires.
The hearings are expected to run until July.
The Defendants in the case are a neurosurgeon, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a medical coordinator, a nursing coordinator, a doctor and the night nurse.
The day nurse who found maradona dead is to be tried by jury separately.
Prosecutors have accused His Medical Team of Pushing for Maradona to receive home care, which Proved “Reckless” and “Totally Deficient.”
They allege the footballer was abandoned to his fate for a “prolonged, agonizing period” Before his death.
‘Justice for Diego’
A Panel of 20 Medical Experts Convented by Argentina’s Public Prosecutor Concluded in 2021 that Maradona “Would have had a better chance of survival” with adequate “with treatment in an an approves Facility.
The house where he was being cred for notable had no defibrillator.
Maradona’s Family Claim that Leaked Audio and Text Messages Among the team show the star’s health was in Imminent Danger.
Mario Baudry, A Lawyer for the Family, Said the Messages Showed The Carers’ Strategy was to Ensure Maradona’s Daughters Did Not Intervenue ” their money. “
The accused all deny responsibility for the star’s death.
In the la paternal neighborhood of bunos aires where the player nicknamed “El Pibe De Oro” “Justice for Diego!” Was Daubed on Walls Ahead of the Trial.
“All Society Needs to Know … What really Happy, Who Abandoned Him … And Whoever is responsible must pay the price,” Pensioner Hilda Pereira Told AFP On Manday.
Maradona “did not deserve to die as he died, alone,” She added, her voice quavering.
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