فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
The trial regarding the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been postponed again to March 11 of next year, according to a court ruling seen by AFP.
The trial was originally scheduled for next month but had already been delayed in May.
Maradona, who led Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, passed away in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery to treat a blood clot.
His death followed years of battling cocaine and alcohol addiction.
The former Napoli star was found dead in his bed two weeks after undergoing surgery, in a rented house in an upscale neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where he had been moved after leaving the hospital. It was later revealed that he had died of a heart attack.
In 2023, an Argentine appellate court confirmed that neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, along with six others, would face trial in connection with Maradona’s death.
The court rejected appeals attempting to block the trial.
One of the nurses, Gisella Dahiana Madrid, requested a separate trial by jury, which is scheduled to start on October 2.
Prosecutors have accused the medical team of providing “reckless” and “inadequate” home treatment for Maradona. A 20-member expert medical panel, formed by the Argentine prosecutor’s office in 2021, concluded that the football icon would have had a better chance of survival had he received proper care in an appropriate medical facility.
If convicted, the accused face prison sentences ranging from 8 to 25 years for their alleged role in the death of the “Golden Boy” of global football.
source : fesnews media
