After 12 exhausting and sensitive hearings, the Oral Criminal Court No. 1 of Dolores will announce this Monday, at 1:00 p.m., the sentence for each of the rugby players accused of the crime of Fernando Baez Sosa.
Three years after the death of the student of Law, the defendants could face life imprisonment, which in Argentina has a maximum of 35 years. The sentence for each of the rugbiers will be determined according to the degree of responsibility and participation in the crime of Fernando Baez Sosa.
According to what is known so far, the most complicated of the rugby players is Máximo Thomsen, since he would have delivered a fatal kick to the head of Fernando Baez Sosa. Ayrton Viollaz, Enzo Comelli, Blas Cinalli, Matías Benicelli, Luciano, Ciro and Lucas Pertossi are also accused in the case.
To guarantee security in the Courts of Dolores, the Ministry of Security of the province of Buenos Aires ordered a special operation, since It is expected that more than 400 people will gather outside the court awaiting the sentence.
According to police sources, the control will include the blocking of four streets and a deployment of more than 150 police officers, who will be distributed in the blocks near the court. In addition, traffic will be closed in the area of Belgrano street at 141, from 6:00 in the morning.
The judges María Claudia Castro, Christian Rabaia and Emiliano Lázzari will be in charge of announcing the verdict, after listening to each one of the 87 witnesses who appeared between January 2 and 18, the day on which the third anniversary was celebrated. of the student’s death.
It should be remembered that prosecutors representing the victim they requested that the rugbiers were convicted of double-qualified homicide with treachery and for the premeditated competition of two or more peoplefor which they would face the maximum penalty.
How much could it be worth for rugbiers
Although the prosecutor’s office and the student’s family expect the rugbiers to be sentenced to life imprisonment (35 years), if the court sentence is for simple homicide, the sentence could be between 8 and 25 years.
Likewise, another possibility is that they receive a sentence for homicide in a fight, with an expected sentence of between 2 and 6 years, or for felony homicide, with a sentence of between 1 and 3 years. And, although it is very unlikely, they could also be acquitted, as requested by Hugo Tomei, a defender of rugby players.
