Accused of the fatal beating of Samuel Luiz, which occurred in the early hours of July 3, 2021 on the seafront of La Coruña, a few months before recording a video in which hooded people and armed with knives appear, singing a song that included phrases such as “shit fags,” according to Europa Press.
And the testimonies focused this Thursday, on the tenth day of the trial which is being held at the Provincial Court of La Coruña, on the control of the viewing of images and analyzes of telephones by the agents who were in charge of this part of the police. investigation.
One of them confirmed that “there is no intoxication or consumption of alcohol that could cause them to fall or trip,” he said of the time the defendants were in the reserved area of a leisure establishment, outside of which the incident occurred. . , according to the accusations, the first attack against Samuel.
This police officer confirmed that the footage shows Alejandro FG “hiding a bottle in his jacket” as they are about to leave, after Diego MM was fired for his behavior and after some witnesses claimed to have heard during the attack of the deceased breaking glass. .
Phone dump
Concerning the dumping of Kaio ASC’s phone, she indicated that after the attack, “there was a repetition of calls”, more than 20, specified the prosecutor on the content of the investigation. “Kaio was trying to find people who would support him in the idea of clearing his image,” he stressed due to accusations on social networks “of having participated”.
He also confirmed subsequent conversations after the events with the accused and social media posts such as: “I had nothing to do with this, the recordings will prove me right in everything I say.” “I am not homophobic and even less murderous.”
During this session, a rap song was heard and it was featured in a video recovered from this defendant’s cell phone. In this document, the defendants, as well as other people, recorded themselves, in April 2021, — the police officer specified — with sharp weapons such as a switchblade and a machete, as well as a stick and with hooded people.
The head of the investigation described it, in his statement this Wednesday, as a “premonition” of what later happened to Samuel due to his “exaltation of violence”. Among other things, we hear “hit hard, you go to the ground”.
Asked by one of the defenders if there was any reference to homosexuality, he replied that “fucking fags, they speak falsely”. However, the lawyer pointed out in his questions to the agent that these were “recurring” themes in the lyrics of well-known bands and singers.
It was Alejandro MR’s lawyer who, like that of Kaio ASC, focused his questions to try to confirm that his clients had not hit Samuel, as they claim. This agent clarified from the second that he had declared that he had “separated” and that he had “not touched” the victim on social networks.
Already on the video and the question of whether it raises “hypotheses” about the fact that all the accused are singing the song or showing weapons, he admitted that yes, rejecting the defenses of a possible relationship with the events.
