Practically the same words were used by the rugby players to apologize, saying that there was no plan to kill and that they are sorry. Some with “crying” and others very reluctantly. The parents do not believe the expressions of the defendants.
“It’s too late to apologize, I’m not going to get my son back. He is indifferent to me. No one looked me in the face and the fact that they started crying did not move me, they killed my son,” said Mrs. Graciela Sosa, mother of Fernando Báez Sosa as she left the Dolores Court, after listening to the defendants.
He added that he misses his son very much and that what they did to him hurts in his soul. “This life that I have is no longer life”he claimed.
For his part, Silvino Báez, Fernando’s father, was also not convinced by the scripted apology of the eight defendants.
Read about it: Rugby players accused of killing Fernando ask for “apologies” and deny the plan
“I didn’t believe them, it was very staged. It is very strong that they kill your son and then come to ask for forgiveness. I don’t see sincerity in them,” said Mr. Báez.
The Prosecutor’s Office requested life imprisonment for the defendants and in their allegations, detailed the participation that each one had in the brutal crime. For his part, Hugo Tomei, defense attorney for the defendants, unbelievably requested the acquittal of the young people, because he considers that the fact was not proven.
Know more: Argentine Prosecutor’s Office requests life imprisonment for those accused of killing Fernando Báez
Fernando Báez Sosa, the son of Paraguayans, was brutally murdered by several rugby players outside a nightclub in January 2020. They punched him, but mainly kicked him, despite the fact that the boy was already defeated on the ground.
Máximo Thomsen, Ciro Pertossi, Enzo Comelli, Matías Benicelli, Blas Cinalli, Lucas Pertossi, Luciano Pertossi and Ayrton Viollaz are the defendants.
The most complicated of the eight is Máximo Thomsen, who gave Fernando the final kick and caused cardiac arrest due to neurogenic shock, due to head trauma.
Know more: Thomsen footwear, evidence against the person most involved in Fernando’s crime
The numerous videos inside and outside the bar, the statements and the finding of the experts in Máximo Thomsen’s shoes, incriminate the rugby player more than anyone in the murder of Fernando Báez Sosa.
The The footprint that was marked on Fernando’s face belongs to the footwear of the Cyclone brand by Máximo Thomsen. In addition, traces of the victim’s blood were found on the edges of the mushroom.
