The head of the investigation group into organized and violent delinquency in La Coruña, during the death of Samuel Luizin the early hours of July 3, 2021 on the A Coruña seafront after a beating, attributed what happened that day to “collective, inhumane and atrocious action.”
“It is impossible to avoid the final consequence”, was sentenced to questions from the prosecutor about the death of the victim and after a report of the events based on the testimonies collected by the police, 54 years old, and the viewing of the images for three months, in addition to the analysis of the phones of the presumed to be involved.
“We cannot accredit anyone else as a participant,” he assured when asked by the defense whether “someone else could have escaped” as the alleged perpetrator of the attack which , he confirmed, lasted a few minutes.
“There was call traffic between the perpetrators that night”said during the trial held at the Provincial Court of La Coruña, before the Jury Court, about the meeting that, according to the accusations, the accused had in a park after what happened.
This after having previously clarified, on the basis of the results of the investigation, that the five accused were, with different levels of participation, at the “heart of the aggression”. “Some are getting closer and others are moving away but they are all arriving,” he summarized.
With “continuous unity of action”, he said, referring both to a first location, where the victim receives “punches and kicks” outside a leisure establishment , to continue to other points along the walk. “until the end”, where the deceased falls, collapsed.
Asked about the origin of the attack, he claimed that “the derogatory comments that Samuel receives”. “Just because he responded saying he wasn’t recording“, he added about the moment when Diego MM blames the victim for recording him and he responds that he is making a video call.
First arrests
This police officer, responsible for the investigation from July to early November 2021, confirmed that Diego MM, Catherine SB and Alejandro FG were arrested following the investigation, without their voluntary arrival, and that Kaio ASC contacted to the police. a few days after the events at the police but to apologize for the references made to him on social networks.
“He said he was going to split, and then we were able to determine that wasn’t true,” He ruled on the day of the events also stating that he had not told the police the truth about matters such as the clothes he was wearing.
“At least one kick,” he said of a witness who, he admitted, motivated his arrest, without being able to specify, when questioned by Kaio’s lawyer, that this witness later said she saw him “charging”, but not kicking, as was also stated at trial.
Concerning this defendant, the police officer specified that we see him, in the images seen on “three months of investigation”, run “at full speed” towards the “heart of the main aggression”.
He also confirmed that the last arrest was that of Alejandro MR, who he indicated only showed up when he was summoned after the arrests and not from the first moment as did another young person from the entourage of the accused. “It caught our attention” admitted.
Regarding this accused, he assured that a witness said he told him: “I couldn’t do anything because a black man stopped me.” “We see him running after Kaio and entering the heart of the attack and at one point he shoots,” he added of the images from that day. Questioned by his defense, he said that “no one points it out” when asked if there are testimonies or images that confirm that he attacked the deceased.
Concerning the alleged theft of Samuel’s cell phone by Kaio – a fact for which, in addition to the murderhe is accused of this crime, He explained that it was only during a second deposition with his lawyer that he said a phone was found “over there and he was taking it.” “One of the friends is talking about it,” he said of the alleged attempt to sell the phone.
Sequence of events
All this in one statement to determinear the presence or absence of the accused that dayalthough mainly focusing, in response to questions from the accusations, on Catherine, Kaio and Alejandro MR to try to determine their possible involvement.
Of Diego MM and Alejandro FG, the first would have initiated the attack and the second would have grabbed the victim by the neck using the ‘mataleón’ technique, according to testimonies prior to Wednesday’s session, he affirmed that, according to the result of the investigation, are those who “throw themselves” on the victim from the start of the conflict.
Catherine noted that “separate” Samuel’s friend “stops me from helping.” “Kaio joins Alejandro Míguez at high speed,” referring in this case to the moment he is seen at the initial point of the attack.
“There are kicks and punches, according to witnesses, who report six or seven people,” he added about the individuals who participated in the initial attack, events for which two young people who were minors at the time and who have since been arrested. were also arrested. They were sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
This in an exhibition in which he confirmed that only one person initially then two Senegalese tried to help the deceased. Also with questions from some defenses about whether the video footage shows someone carrying a bottle or a knife. “Witnesses report it, I didn’t see it”influenced after having specified, to another defense, that during a search of the home of one of the convicted minors they found a knife, without being able to specify further on this point.
Testimonies of the only accused
The two officers who arrived at the scene of the incident, after being warned, also made statements at the trial. One of them confirmed that Samuel’s friend told him to ask someone, “a girl”, to take him to “prevent” him from helping the victim.
Previously, a witness requested by Catherine SB’s lawyer, who had known her since the age of eleven and who lived with her for six months, declared that she had “never” shown a derogatory attitude towards his regard. because of his sexual orientation.
In this regard, and when questioned by this lawyer, he stated that he had also defended him when he had been called a “faggot”. “It made her uncomfortable,” she added when asked about the accused’s attitude towards such disqualifications, which she allegedly also used against the deceased. It is for this reason that 25 years in prison are required for the crime of murder with aggravated discrimination due to Samuel’s sexual orientation.
This sentence is also requested for his then partner, Diego MM, whom the accusations consider to be the initiator of the attack, and with whom this witness specified that his friend had only been with him for three months.
“Nothing,” he replied when the prosecutor asked him if, although she has known her since she was eleven, The defendant did not tell him about the day of the fatal beating.
