In Argentina, seven people from Mardona’s team of supervisors are charged. They threaten long detention.
Four years after the death of the Argentine football idol Diego Maradona, the trial against the medical team begins on Tuesday, which has looked after the former exceptional player in the last days of his life.
A total of seven people are charged with negligent killing, the public prosecutor accuses them of a “reckless” and “poor” treatment of their patient. The procedure in San Isidro, a suburb of Buenos Aires, is to take about four months. In the event of a conviction, the accused threatens between eight and 25 years.
According to a expert commissioned by the indictment representatives, the 60-year-old Maradona would have had “a better chance of survival” during adequate treatment in a corresponding medical facility. The accused, on the other hand, reject any responsibility for the death of Maradona.
Maradona died on November 25, 2020 in a house in Buenos Aires specially rented for him, where he was brought two weeks after a brain surgery. Heavy lung edema was found as the cause of death of the 1986 world champion.