2023-04-18 23:00:57
An Argentine appeals court confirmed on Tuesday that 8 people are prosecuted in the case of the death of ex-soccer player Diego Armando Maradonafor the alleged crime of simple homicide with possible fraud.
According to judicial sources, the court of the city of San Isidro unanimously resolved to reject the requests for annulment of the process and change of legal classification of the judicial process.
Presumed crime of simple homicide with possible intent
The eight people who will sit in the dock are the Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luquethe psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, the psychologist Carlos Díaz, Nancy Forlini.
Curiously, the doctor who coordinated the former soccer player’s home care, the nursing coordinator Mariano Perroni, the nurse Ricardo Omar Almirón, the nurse Dahiana Gisela Madrid and the clinical doctor Pedro Di Spagna will also sit on the defendants’ bench.
The health professionals, who remain free until trial, since the San Isidro prosecutor’s office never requested preventive detention, face sentences that can vary between eight and 25 years in prison.
Diego Armando Maradona, who added 91 games and 34 goals with Argentina, died on November 25, 2020, at the age of 60, following suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Tigre, in the province of Buenos Aires.
Maradona’s career as a footballer, from 1976 to 1997, was marked by the conquest of the 1986 World Cup, with Argentina, and by two Italian titles and a UEFA Cup with Napoli, emblem for which he played from 1984 to 1991. .
Maradona also represented Argentinos Juniors (1976 to 1980), Boca Juniors (1981 and between 1995 and 1997), Barcelona (1982 to 1984), Seville (1992/93) and Newell’s Old Boys (1993/94).
Argentine soccer fans are still waiting for the final judgment.
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