Prosecutors in Maradona Death Trial Seek Sentences up to 12 Years
Prosecutors say the seven defendants failed to provide basic equipment and monitoring, and they seek prison terms of up to 12 years.
- On Thursday, Argentine prosecutors began closing arguments seeking prison sentences of up to 12 years for seven medical professionals, accusing them of a "chaotic organisation" that abandoned football icon Diego Maradona to his fate.
- Defendants are charged with "dolo eventual," a legal concept meaning they were aware their actions could cause harm but persisted. Prosecutors cited the near-total absence of medical equipment, including a defibrillator, as evidence of dereliction of duty.
- Assistant prosecutor Cosme Iribarren told the court that signs of fatal outcome appeared "long beforehand." Experts testified carers failed to react to tachycardia and breathing difficulties, while prosecutors showed images of Maradona with a visibly swollen stomach.
- Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, the main defendant, repeatedly claimed, "I acted as a neurosurgeon... I did not make any medical decisions," distancing himself from day-to-day care. Each defendant downplayed individual responsibility, arguing the death was unforeseeable.
- This trial follows a previous proceeding annulled last year after a judge participated in a clandestine documentary. The summation is expected to last two weeks, with the accused facing up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
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In the final argument he requested a 15-year sentence for neurosurgeon Luque (ANSA)
Prosecutors Seek up to 12 Years in Prison for Maradona’s Medical Team
Argentine prosecutors ask for up to 12 years in prison for Maradona’s doctor Leopoldo Luque and four to 10 years for other staff over his 2020 death. Argentine prosecutors on Thursday asked a court to hand prison terms of up to 12 years to the medical team that treated Diego Maradona before his death, describing […]
At the trial on the death of Diego Maradona, the prosecution and the civil parties are demanding heavy prison sentences against several members of his medical team. ...
In the trial for the death of Diego Maradona, the secondary lawsuit demands longer prison terms. The prosecutor's office accuses the medical team of chaotic and incompetent actions.
In the trial for the death of the Argentine football idol Diego Maradona, the lawyer of his youngest son has demanded longer prison terms for the three main defendants than the prosecutor's office. Mario Baudry, the lawyer of 13-year-old Diego Fernando, requested in front of the court in San Isidro near Buenos Aires on Tuesday sentences of 16 years for Maradona's former obstetrician Leopoldo Luque and the medical coordinator Nancy Forlini.
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