Argentine justice postpones the trial of Maradona’s death until March 2025
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The trial of the death of former Argentine football player Diego Armando Maradona, It was scheduled to start on June 4 and then on October 1, It was postponed for the second time in a row It is planned to March 11, 2025According to judicial sources on Thursday.
This was decided on Thursday by the oral Criminal Court No. 3 of San Isidro (Buenos Aires province), where the case investigating alleged medical negligence in the death of one of the greatest crimes in world football is being pursued.
As for the case Eight people were charged, All of them are related to the care provided to the former international and Argentine selector in his last days at his home on the outskirts of the Argentine capital.
According to the court decision, which was published in the local media, the application for the defenses of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Locke, psychiatrist Agustina Kosachev and psychologist Carlos Daz was filed “without opposition from the other parties to the process”, Accused of simple murder by Ultimate malice, Who asked to postpone the start of the trial until next March.
The other five defendants in the case, also related to the health care that Maradona should receive, are The doctor who coordinated the home care of the former football player, Nancy Forlini; nurses coordinator Mariano Peroni; nurse Ricardo Omar almirne; nurse Dahiana Gisela Madrid; and clinician Pedro de Spagna.
Fluff died on November 25, 2020, 25 days after turning 60, as a result of “acute pulmonary edema secondary to acute chronic heart failure,” according to the autopsy.
As was discovered in his heart.”Dilation of the heart muscle“.
In light of the research, LThe final cause of death will be ” cardiorespiratory arrest, Secondary to acute pulmonary edema, resulting from acute left ventricular insufficiency, (acute heart failure), in a short-term clinical picture, estimated in minutes or at most a few hours”.
The 1986 World Cup in Mexico suffered Problems of alcoholism, He was admitted to a clinic in La Plata – where he was Gymnastics and fencing coach-on November 2, 2020 due to a case of anemia and dehydration, and a day later, he was transferred to a sanatorium in the city of Olivos in Buenos Aires, where he underwent surgery for a subdural hematoma.
She was discharged from the hospital on November 11, 2020 He was taken to a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, where he died.
The case, His trial will take place amid high international expectations, He suffered from numerous complications Such as the collection of expert evidence or the request of one of the accused to be tried differently from the rest, such as Madrid, who requested a jury hearing.
Scheduled for June 4 at the beginning, I experienced the first postponement until October 1, although the Justice of the time had already made it clear that it was unrealistic to consider that date and announced that it would almost certainly be postponed again, as confirmed today.
