MARADONA’S FAMILY DIVIDED OVER JAIL TERMS FOR MEDICAL TEAM
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Diego Maradona’s family on Wednesday called for prison sentences for members of his medical team over what two of his daughters described as his “murder.”
Seven medical professionals have been on trial since April over the football legend’s death on November 25, 2020, while recovering from surgery for a brain clot.
Maradona, who led Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup, died aged 60 from heart failure and acute pulmonary edema, two weeks after undergoing surgery.
His medical team is accused of providing grossly inadequate care in the lead-up to his death at a private home rented for his recovery. The defendants deny the charges.
Maradona’s family members are divided over the severity of the punishment they believe those responsible should face.
A lawyer representing two of his daughters, Dalma and Gianinna, on Wednesday accused the medical team of “murder” and called for six of the seven defendants to receive prison sentences of up to 15 years.
“They killed a mythological hero,” lawyer Fernando Burlando said, accusing the defendants of “brutal indifference” to the football icon’s fate.
Meanwhile, lawyers representing Maradona’s three sisters, Rita, Claudia, and Ana, sought prison terms of up to 10 years for five of the seven defendants.
Their lawyer, Pablo Jurado, called for medical coordinator Nancy Forlini to receive the harshest punishment.
On Tuesday, a lawyer representing Maradona’s youngest son, 13-year-old Diego Fernando Maradona, called for the player’s personal physician, Leopoldo Luque, and Forlini to each receive 16-year prison sentences.
State prosecutors began their closing arguments last week, calling for six of the seven defendants to be found guilty and sentenced to between four and 12 years in prison.
They also argued that Luque should receive the harshest sentence.
The closing arguments are expected to continue until the end of October, after which the court in San Isidro, a suburb of Buenos Aires near where Maradona died, is expected to reserve its judgment for a later date.
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