lawyer, Hugo Tomeidefender of the eight defendants for the crime of Fernando Baez Sosa, occurred on January 18 at the exit of the “Le Brique” bowling alley of Villa Gesell, will present today its foundations in the second day of allegationsafter the prosecutor’s office and the victim requested yesterday the penalty of life imprisonment for all defendants.
Meanwhile, it is expected that at the end of the allegations the eight rugby players say their “last words“as were the parents of the murdered young law student.
13:00 Tomei requested the acquittal of the accused
The lawyer questioned the testimony of the main witnesses who supported the theory of the lawyers of the individual victim. He said that were influenced by the media and he spoke of a particular case to which he said because “from the place where he was he could not see the situation”.
Later he maintained that “There was a lot of talk about Máximo Thomsen”, and asked the defendant to stand up. “The leader, the monster, told him. Those footprints, which he recognized, had not hurt the mouth, the gums, the teeth. What is the entity to speak of fraud?”, he wondered.
He said that in his opinion a sentence for homicide in a fight fits, and along these lines that “with the sentence they are serving they would all be released“.
12:31 Start Tomei
The defense attorney for the eight defendants complained that he had to speak after the victim’s mother, although he was moved by the testimony. He later criticized the media coverage of the case: “representing eight convicted by society, by the power of the media, and against that is very difficult.” For the lawyer that is “a way of putting pressure on the judiciary”.
Minutes later, a video was shown with statements that the lawyer fernando mocking he did in different media, attacking the defendants. “It hurts because he is a recognized professional, one of the best,” he launched. He also questioned President Alberto Fernández for holding up a poster with the slogan ‘justice for Fernando’ and comparing it with another that maintains that ‘justice is perpetual’.
“I am going to request the acquittal of the accused. The accusers proved another fact,” he said minutes later. At that point, he said that at the trial the eight defendants were listed and during the trial one was listed, Maximum Thomsen.
“The alleged facts do not respect the requirement of elevation to trial”defined.
12:30 Graciela Sosa spoke: “I only ask for justice for my son”
The mother of Fernando Báez Sosa, Grace Sosaspoke before the Court of Dolores and said that “I never thought I would be in this place, I always thought that one day my son would receive his degree and I would see how he would defend people.”
“I will never be able to forget when he raised his hand imploring mercy. I had the feeling as a mother that I was throwing myself on him and that the kicks worked for me,” she said. And complete: “I only ask for justice for my son.”
11:50 D’Avila, Tomei and Améndola arrived
The prosecutor of the trial for the crime of Fernando Báez Sosa, Juan Manuel Davilareached the courts of pains and affirmed the theory that he presented yesterday in his plea. “There is no doubt that it was a plan for the purpose of killing Fernando. They all hit, they were turned off by witnesses and film evidence, ”he reiterated.
A few minutes later the lawyer was seen entering Hugo Tomei, defender of the eight defendants. “I am not going to advance anything, wait for the plea”, he limited himself to responding to the press.
Subsequently, the lawyer Fabian Amendola He insisted before the press that it is proven that there was a planning of the homicide.
“There was an agreement to kill together, among all. We are not going to find a written document where they express their will, that arises from the evidence that all the lawyers presented yesterday and it was very clear the degree of synchronization of the attack, that they waited for the police to leave, the order to start… .everything accounts for the existence of that agreement,” said
Closing remarks: Tomei is speaking today
The second hearing of allegations takes place from 12 noon at the headquarters of the Dolores courts, where the trial for the murder is taking place. It is planned that Hugo Tomei of his arguments for which he considers that the eight defendants should not be sentenced to life imprisonment.
The lawyer has handled himself with a strong secrecy throughout the trial, with which the expectation grows regarding what penalty he will ask for for the defendants. Yesterday, the Prosecutor’s Office requested that they be sentenced to life on the accusation of doubly aggravated homicide for having been committed with treachery and the contest of two or more people.
Rugby strategy
Tomei’s Strategy outlined the oral debate was based on demonstrating that the crime of the young law student was in the context of a fight, so its guidelines could point towards a “homicide in fight or assault”which according to article 95 of the Criminal Code provides for a sentence of between 2 and 6 years in prison.
After the completion of his argument, it will be the moment of the replies by the prosecutors Gustavo Garcia and Juan Manuel Davila and the lawyers of the injured individual, Fernando Burlando, Fabian Amendola and Facundo Amendola.
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Finally, the defendants will be granted the right to their “last words” Máximo Thomsen (23), Enzo Comelli (22), Matías Benicelli (23), Blas Cinalli (21), Ayrton Viollaz (23), and Luciano (21), Ciro (22) and Lucas Pertossi (23).
The so-called “last words” They are a guarantee provided for in article 368 of the Buenos Aires Criminal Procedure Code, which establishes that, as a last act, the president of the court “will ask the accused, under penalty of nullity, if he has anything to say” and then ” will close the debate.
In cases of Violaz, Benicelli and Comelliwill also be the ability to say something for the first time since the trial began on January 2, since they are the only three defendants who did not break their silence during the 13 days of testimony.
As relatives of the victim, Fernando’s parents will also be in a position to say a few last words, Silvino Baez and Graciela Sosaalthough in his case he must request it from his representatives as the injured individual, Burlando and Améndola.
Sources close to the private prosecution indicated that both parents intend to make use of that right, and in the event that the president of the court, maria claudia castro, allows it. Next, Castro will announce the date of the sentence, which It could realize to know the next 30 or 31 January.
The instance will be transmitted by the channel of Youtube of the Buenos Aires Supreme Court of Justiceas it happened with the opening of the trial.
First day of allegations
On the first day of allegations, both the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the lawyers for the Báez Sosa family agreed to request life imprisonment for the eight defendants, considering them co-perpetrators of the crime of “aggravated homicide due to treachery and the premeditated cooperation of two or more people” in ideal competition with “light injuries “for the beating of the victim’s friends.
In his plea, Dávila assured that the eight defendants are “co-authors” of the murder because they had “co-control of the act, the possibility of starting, continuing and stopping the causal course of the crime”.
Fernando Burlando presented a revealing video at the end of his plea: “Everyone hit, everyone killed
In this way, the prosecutor ratified the accusation that he postulated at the beginning of the trial on the 2nd of this month, stating that all the accused they had an active participation in the crime of the young law student.
As in previous hearings, Fernando’s parents, Silvino Báez and Graciela Sosa, They were present throughout the day.
Burlando adhered to the request of the prosecution, maintained that “all” the defendants had the “will to kill” and planned a “manhunt”, while the victim was “shot with blows and kicks.”
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