2023-09-18 19:07:34
Astrada Novillo Cross, member of one of the most prestigious families of the Argentine polo, declared this followingnoon before the Justice. The young 24-year-old polo player was arrested this Sunday morning for run over and kill a pedestrian on 9 de Julio Avenuein the Retiro area, while driving a 4×4 truck.
«Novillo Astrada declared, answered all the questions and offered to give all his collaboration to clarify the fact, including the password to his phone»judicial sources maintained.
At the same time, security camera images of the moment of the incident, which occurred near the French embassy, were released. The victim died at the scene and has not yet been identified.
In the sequence you can see that the driver continued driving and fled. Although a few hours later he appeared with his lawyer, Rafael Cúneo Libarona, at the Neighborhood 1A police station, where he was arrested.
Novillo Astrada is located in a warden of another police station in downtown Buenos Aires. His possible transfer has not yet been determined. The crime charged It is aggravated manslaughter.
The intervening court He did not have a breathalyzer test or drug test. He did compulsively order a blood and urine test, for which the young polo player was transferred to a hospital to have extractions performed to determine the existence of drugs or alcohol in his system.
For now, the defense did not receive the results: It will be key for the experts to resolve these analyzes before the moment of the investigation, where the evidence must be listed for the accused. However, the situation is more complex. “We are waiting to consult the court to see if it opens the file to the parties, because, if not, the blood test cannot be done. If there is no expert on behalf, they can request an annulment”says a key source in the file.
The 24-year-old polo player ran over and killed on July 9: what his lawyer said
“I am optimistic regarding release. We prove that the manslaughter was not the responsibility of Cruz Novillo Astrada, but was due to the recklessness of the pedestrian.as emerges from the security camera footage incorporated into the file,” said lawyer Rafael Cúneo Libarona, defender of the polo player.
“There is no evidence to prove excessive speed. We hope for immediate freedom to remedy the pain that Cruz is suffering. [por Novillo Astrada] and all his family“, stated Cúneo Libarona following the investigative statement, which was made through the Zoom platform.
Judicial sources said that, until now, the victim might not be identified. This is because the person when she was run over was not wearing any type of identification. He was “approximately 25 years old, 1.70 meters tall and robustly built.”explained spokespersons for the investigation.
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Polista hit, killed and fled on July 9. Cruz Novillo Astrada, 24, fled without assisting the victim. Today he is detained and will be investigated in the next few hours.The full note: pic.twitter.com/BKyUdxr4W0
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