Protection of DMMthe boy who allegedly started the attack Samuel Luiz – died after being beaten outside a beach resort in A Coruña in July 2021 – thinking he was being filmed, he confirmed that his client had “repented” and would say so at trial.
He has also banned that the nature of sex Samuel’s would be encouraging. “It was Samuel as it would have happened to any person who was there,” he emphasized that his client is repentant.
“Absolutely,” he said when asked about it to emphasize that he would “say it” when he made an announcement about the incident and the results he called “tragic.”
This is what the lawyer explained to the press Luis Manuel Salgado after arriving at the Regional Court of A Coruña, where this Wednesday the decision of the Criminal Court will be held which will determine whether or not they are guilty of the five accused.
For Wednesday, a reporting and previous inquiries and parties appearing: Prosecutor’s Office; private prosecution (Samuel’s family); popular cases (LGTBI Alas Coruña group) and protection.
Introduction
On the 17th, two of the defendants will testify in a trial that is expected until November 18, when the verdict will be given the same day to the jury.
Of the defendants, the first to testify on the 17th is AMR, who has been asked for 22 years in prison, and CSB, DMM’s friend at the time of the incident and who has been asked for 25 years in prison.
On November 14, DMM, the alleged mastermind of the attack, AFG and KASC, will testify. The first faces a request for a sentence of 25 years in prison, the second 22 years and the third 27 years. exonerate him.
Both of them, like the first two, are accused of murder by treachery and brutality, although in DMM and CSB, there is also a great discrimination due to the sex of the victim. In the case of KASC, the sentence has been increased to 27 years for the crime of robbery with violence, according to the intention of the deceased.
The truth is
According to the investigators, who confirmed homophobic abuse to Samuel, who died of multiple organ failure due to “multiple injuries”, the incident began shortly before 3 am when the victim was on the phone with a friend on the way out. in Riazor beach area.
At the same time, one of the accused, DMM, approached him to insult him thinking that he was filming him. The Public Prosecutor’s Office says that “from the words and gestures” of Samuel “interpreted that he was homosexual, which caused a lot of resentment, until he told him: ‘stop filming and see if I’m going to kill you, you idiot.’
All this time “he continued to beat him with fists and fists” and then the chase began with the participation, confirming that, the other four accused, in addition to the two minors at the time of the incident, who were previously accused, in their lives. trial, after a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence.
“Surrounding him to ensure that he attacks,” maintains the Public Service, which refers to “extreme brutality” with the intention of killing him, in line with the police investigation that confirmed the subsequent meeting of those involved in the park before his arrest.
