Crime of Fernando Báez Sosa: lawyers and prosecutors, this will be the great duel of the allegations

The contest looks as disparate as the conditions in which Fernando Báez Sosa (18) was left that early morning in January, three years ago.

The difference now lies in the fact that the one that will take place this week in the Courts of Dolores, the protagonists will have the same weapons, they will have clear rules, an established order and, in front, an attentive Court, which they will have to persuade.

The disparity will be given in the weight of proof against those who beat the life of a boy of the same age and left him abandoned in the street, proof that could be compiled in almost three weeks of debate, with testimonies and images that show the attackers in action.

What elements will the defense of the rugby players rely on to neutralize such an accusation? 

The arguments of the parties involved in the trial for the murder of the young student will be heard from Wednesday and every word, every gesture, the sagacity of the lawyers face to face,

The hearings will be broadcast on the Youtube channel of the Buenos Aires Supreme Court of Justice, and the signal will be taken by the TV channels. 

What will also be seen, as this newspaper was able to learn, is a novelty: a multimedia presentation "with timely monitoring", the murder reconstructed with "the best available technology", a work of the lawsuit.

Judge María Claudia Castro, who presides over the Oral Criminal Court 1 of Dolores, made up of judges Emiliano Lazzari and Christian Rabaia, had arranged the start for Tuesday of this week.

But she agreed to postpone it for one day at the request of the lawyer Fernando Burlando, what she did not accept is to grant him one day exclusively for her argument: she must share the day with the Prosecutor's Office.

Thus, when the trial resumes after the intermission period established until 9 on Wednesday (although no hearing began punctually), the prosecutors

They promote the crime with which Máximo Thomsen, Enzo Comelli, Matías Benicelli, the brothers Ciro and Luciano Pertossi, their cousin, Lucas Pertossi;

Ayrton Viollaz and Blas Cinalli, arrived at the trial: "homicide doubly aggravated by treachery and by the premeditated competition of two or more people", which contemplates a sentence of life imprisonment (35 years in prison).

"Excuse me, I reserve that for arguments," Dávila excused himself every morning, before entering the Courts, when he was consulted on time for a detail offered by a witness, for the reading he did on a certain piece of evidence, whether it was chats or expert opinions. .

When it concludes, it will be the turn of the individual victim, represented by Burlando, Fabián and Facundo Améndola -father and son-, and Germán Facio, lawyer of the local jurisdiction.

They will have a flash drive in which they will gravitate "the request for life for the eight."

"We are going to show the images with a punctual follow-up," anticipated Burlando.

"It was developed by Flavio Silva's Hobby Studio Creativo, who with his heart helped us by putting in the best technology in the country," he explained, and the lawyer for Graciela Sosa and Fernando Báez told

that Justice does not have the means to develop a presentation of such features.

"Unfortunately, we do not have the means, but we are going to show it like this, with an image, name and surname, who were the ones who attacked Fer," he said.

It is not known if he will expose one or if the two members of the Prosecutor's Office will alternate the presentation of their arguments, in the case of the complainant it is known that in addition to Burlando, Fabián and Facundo Améndola will also substantiate.

The last word will be Zárate's lawyer, Hugo Tomei, who is accompanied by Emilia Pertossi, sister of the accused Ciro and Luciano.

During the evidentiary stage, the lawyer took notes on a laptop but did not intervene to question the witnesses.

Tomei did not advance what elements his argument scheduled for Thursday will anchor, although in the last few days part of his strategy has been exposed, by introducing -based on the testimony of five of his clients: the three Pertossi, Thomsen and Cinallila- idea that they had drunk a lot of alcohol that day (they went so far as to say that they brought a bottle of vodka per person to the beach) and that

In this way, it is believed, the defender would try to convince the Court that the crime for which the rugby players should be sentenced is homicide in a fight, which has a much lower penalty, from 2 to 6 years in prison.

if so, after three years in pretrial detention, in a short time the boys from Zárate could return home.

After 13 very intense audiences, now comes a double day that will have other seasonings.

A week later, the Court will give its verdict.

Dolores.

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