Father of the beaten young man said he hopes that the ruling of the Justice will be a "strong message"

The reported events occurred on the night of Saturday February 5 in Punta del Este. The young man, wearing a hat and jacket, left his house and began to be chased by four peoplewho lived next door. As expressed by his father in repeated communications with the press, was hit by a quad while escaping for the first time, they tried to put him inside a carY he was threatened when he convinced those involved that he was spending the summer in the adjoining house. The aggressors justified themselves by saying that they had mistaken him for a thief.

Romero stated that “the Uruguayan judicial system acts with total professionalism, transparency and equanimity”despite “the warnings received by the subjects denounced regarding his power, influence and conviction that everything will come to nothing“. One of those involved told the young man’s father that he is the son of an ambassador, fact for which in his opinion he denounced her for assault it would be nothing.

He also stated that the four involved, summoned without date, They intend to “establish that what happened is something minor so as not to receive a sentence proportional to the crimes committed”and ensure that “the matter is solved with an apology or with money”, attitude that, according to Romero, they had also had when he spoke with them for the first time after the events.

The father stated that The evidence against the defendants “is compelling”and awaits a court ruling that is a “strong message”, and “at the height of the seriousness of the facts”and wants it to set a precedent for avoid new similar situationshe explained.

“The case clearly signifies a before and after due to its projection forward in terms of the social, educational, evaluative, exemplary messagefor the conception of what is fair that it will leave installed, that it will pour over the entire community,” Romero explained.