A forensic doctor from the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia (Imelga) who participated in the autopsy of Samuel Luiz’s body has confirmed that he died “from multiple blows in the context of an attack” and that they added up until they caused death. “We are talking about cumulative injuries,” he summarized to indicate that those suffered by the victim are compatible with punches and kicks.
The death occurred after going into cardiac arrest “on several occasions” at the scene, when he collapsed after the fatal beating on the A Coruña seafront promenade. “On three occasions his heart stopped during the ambulance transfer to the hospital,” he stated to explain that in this case resuscitation was performed for ninety minutes, but without success. “They fought a lot,” he summarized the work at the hospital.
“I don’t know if he had a choice, but it doesn’t seem like he defended himself,” says the coroner.
Due to the erosions that the body presented in different parts, he has indicated that they corroborate the existence of “multiple blows” on it. “None on the knuckles,” he clarified, ruling out any erosion that would prove defense on the part of the victim. “I don’t know if he had a choice, but it doesn’t seem like he defended himself,” he stressed when asked by the prosecutor.
On the other hand, he has indicated that the victim’s body had two marks on the neck compatible with the ‘mataleón’ technique that, according to the accusations and some witnesses testified in previous days, Alejandro FG made to Samuel Luiz, to whom he would have grabbed by the neck from behind, according to the testimonies provided.
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All of this in a statement with a very detailed account of the injuries on the deceased’s body and with no or few questions from the defense, which in some cases have focused on issues such as whether the intensity of the blows could be deduced. Nor have the private and popular accusations raised questions.
This while some defendants have been crestfallen, although at times following the explanation. In turn, some took notes to pass them on to their lawyer.
There was a “significant” flow of calls between the accused on the day of the fatal beating
The sessions continued this Tuesday with expert opinions and after the testimonies in the trial being held in the Provincial Court of A Coruña with the Jury Court have concluded.
He has done so with the statement of two agents. In line with previous testimonies, a police officer confirmed a change of telephone number by one of the accused, Alejandro MR, after the events while another confirmed a “significant” flow of calls between the accused in the early hours of July 3, 2021 – day of the fatal beating – and afterwards. This after analyzing their phones.
“They were numerous,” he stated to specify that in the case of Catherine SB does not make calls, but she does receive them. All of this in a statement in which he also pointed to searches in newspapers “outside normal hours” on the day of the events, around six in the morning.
“They have areas in common,” he stated when questioned by the prosecution about the possible location of the defendants that night based on the cell phones, although, when asked by Alejandro MR’s defense, he admitted that he cannot determine the radius of action. of the antennas to be able to specify the place where the person is.
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After the testimony of the experts summoned for this day, the trial has been concluded and will continue on Wednesday. The five accused, four young people – Diego MM, Kaio ASC, Alejandro MR and Alejandro FG – and a young woman, ex-girlfriend of one of them, Catherine SB, face sentences of between 22 and 27 years in prison for murder with treachery and cruelty. .
Two, Diego MM and Catherine SB, are also charged with aggravating discrimination due to the sexual orientation of the victim and another, Kaio ASC, with the alleged violent robbery of his cell phone.
Source: www.lavanguardia.com
