The trial for the murder of Fernando Baez Sosa This Thursday, he had a request for a statement that modified the scenario of the process: Luciano Pertossi broke the pact of silence between the defendants and said that “I was not there”, referring to the moment of the beating in front of Le Brique, in Villa Gesell.
A few minutes after noon this Thursday, Pertossi, one of the eight rugby players who remains in the accused’s dock, spoke before the Oral Court No. 1. It was a surprise after nine days of trial in which the group remained first with masks and then with their faces uncovered, but always in silence.
It was a few minutes after noon. Experts from the Argentine Federal Police exposed a series of videos from which they were able to locate the eight defendants at the crime scene, including Luciano Pertossi. But a few minutes later he decided to speak up and deny it.
Trial by Báez Sosa: experts explain how they identified the rugby players through videos
“I want to clarify something, shall I? I was not there”, released the young defendant. Prosecutors asked him where he was, but he refused. “I’m not going to answer,” he said according to infobae.
The representatives of the Public Ministry insisted, but without an answer. “I’m not going to answer you. I don’t want to answer any other questionsdo not make an effort because I am not going to answer anything else,” Pertossi said before the attention of practically the entire courtroom of the Palace of Justice of Dolores.
Mocking: “Pertossi’s participation has not been happy”
Minutes after Pertossi broke the silence, Fernando Burlando, lawyer for the victim’s family, questioned it. “It hasn’t been a happy part of him,” he said.
The lawyer maintained that the defendant “has the right to testify but He confirmed the position we have had since day one“.
According to him, the defendant “I saw a certain weakness in not distinguishing his face at the crime scene and tried to carry that alibi forward. We realize what his strategy is “. And he added:” Saying that “that person who has my clothes and in the whole sequence from Le Brique to the beating of Fernando you can’t see my face, maybe it’s not me.” “.
Ninth day: what the rugbiers did the day of the beating
“Today’s statement is going to be really interesting because we will be able to delve into the activity of the accused the day Fernando was beaten. We are going to be able to ask them (the witnesses) what the activity of each one was and where they were,” El Burlando said earlier in an interview in Network.
The controversial account that defends rugbiers: “Enough of social condemnation”
Before entering the courtroom, the lawyer representing the Báez Sosa family valued the work carried out by the specialists of the aforementioned force to achieve the identification of the group of rugby players. “It shows us the protagonist and determines a lot what was the maneuver of the person“He said. And he estimated:” I think today we closed the circle directly.
The material that the experts will analyze on this fourth day of the second week of the trial are a series of videos that cover the entire temporal panorama. There are captured sequences before the crime, during the beating on the sidewalk in front of The Brick and in the moments after.
After Pertossi’s statement, an intermission room was opened in the hearing. It remains to be seen how today’s hearing concludes, but the scenario can be changed by questioning the experts. The question now revolves around reliably determining where Pertossi was and whether or not he actually participated in the beating.
AS / MCP
You may also like