A forensic doctor from the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia (Imelga) who participated in the autopsy of the body of Samuel Luiz confirmed that he died “as a result of multiple blows in the context of an attack” and that They added up until they caused death. “We are talking about cumulative injuries,” he summarized to indicate that those suffered by the victim are compatible with punches and kicks. Death occurred after have cardiac arrest “repeatedly” at the scene, when he collapsed after the fatal beating on the La Coruna promenade.
“On three occasions his heart stopped during the ambulance transfer to the hospital,” he said, explaining that in this case the resuscitation lasted ninety minutes, but without success. “They fought a lot,” he summarized the work at the hospital in statements collected by Ep. Due to the erosions that the body presented in different parts, he indicated that they corroborate the existence of “multiple hits” on this one. “None on the joints,” he clarified, excluding any erosion which would prove a defense on the part of the victim. “I don’t know if he had a choice, but it doesn’t seem like he fought back.”he stressed when questioned by the prosecutor.
All this in a statement with a very detailed account of the injuries on the body of the deceased and with few or no questions from the defense, which in some cases focused on questions such as whether the intensity of the blows could be deducted. Nor have private and popular accusations raised any questions. This while some defendants were discouraged, even if they sometimes followed the explanation while some, in turn, took notes to transmit them to their lawyer.
The sessions continue this Tuesday with expert opinions and after the conclusion of the testimonies in the trial held at the Provincial Court of La Coruña with the Court with Jury.
He did so with the statement of two agents. In accordance with previous testimonies, a police officer confirmed the change of telephone number of one of the accused, Alejandro MR, after the events while another confirmed a “large” call flow among the accused in the early morning of July 3, 2021 – the day of the fatal beating – and thereafter. This after analyzing their phones.
“There were many,” he said to clarify that in the case of Catherine SB, she does not make calls, but she receives them. All this in a statement in which he also highlighted searches of newspapers “outside normal hours” on the day of the events, around six in the morning. “They have things in common,” he explained when questioned by the prosecution on the possible location of the accused that night on the basis of cell phones, although, when questioned by Alejandro MR’s defense, he admitted that he could not determine the radius of action of the antennas to be able to specify the location of the person.
