Diego Maradona: The seven involved in his death are charged with premeditated murder

In intentional homicide The San Isidro (Buenos Aires suburb) prosecutor’s office has changed the charges against the seven involved in the case of his death. Diego Maradona. Under Argentine law, if convicted, face a prison sentence of 8 to 25 years.

With this change in the indictment, the Prosecution considers that the death of the “god” of the ball is not due to a professional misconduct or negligence on the part of his medical team, but considers that The deceased’s doctors and caregivers did nothing to prevent his death.

“After so much injustice, the most important thing is to change the charge to intentional homicide,” a member of the San Isidro prosecutor’s office in charge of the investigation told AFP, according to the APE-MPE. .

She the aggravating change in the indictment is linked to the publication in early May of an expert report, which concluded that Maradona had been “abandoned to his fate” by the healthcare team, whose “inadequate and reckless treatment led to slow anxiety”.

“The indications that he was in danger of dying were ignored,” the 20 experts, including forensic pathologists and specialists from various medical disciplines, said in their report, noting that the care provided was “altered”.

Maradona, who suffered from kidney, liver and heart problems, died of a heart attack on November 25, 2020, just a few weeks after undergoing brain surgery to treat a blood clot.

The seven accused are neurosurgeon Leopold Luke, psychiatrist Agustina Kosachev, a psychologist, two nurses (a man and a woman) who were on Maradona’s side, the supervisor of these nurses and the doctor coordinating the hospital.

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