The Prosecutor’s Office and the accusations made in the trial for the fatal beating of Samuel Luiz —the family and the LGTBI group Alas Coruña— have requested that the requests for a sentence of between 22 and 27 years in prison for the five accused, four men and a woman, for his death in the early hours of July 3, 2021 on the Coruña seafront.
For the person who initiated the attack, thinking that the victim was recording him, Diego Mountainand for his then girlfriend, Catherine Silvathe request for 25 years in prison for murder with treachery and cruelty and aggravating discrimination due to the sexual orientation of the victim has been maintained, something that his defenses reject.
In the case of Alejandro Freire and Kaio Silvato whom, together with the first, the accusations attribute an “active participation” in the events, 22 and 27 years in prison are requested, respectively, the second five more years as the alleged perpetrator of the violent robbery of the victim’s cell phone .
For Alejandro Minguezwhom witnesses placed at the heart of the attack, but did not see him hit, have asked for 22 years in prison. However, the Prosecutor’s Office has proposed an alternative in its initial qualification, by clarifying that Mínguez and Catherine Silva could be, if they are not considered authors of the murder, accomplices to itso their sentences would be reduced to 13 years and 14 years and 6 months, respectively.
In any case, the prosecutor has compared it to a “wolf pack” to the five accused of his death. Thus, he has described what happened with the “active participation of all” as a “group attack” and “inhumane.” He has defined those whom witnesses found hitting or grabbing the victim by the neck. , respectively, as “an alpha male” to one and “lieutenant of the leader” to another.
This Wednesday, the main accused, Diego Montaña, asked for forgiveness from Samuel Luiz’s family during his statement. “This started because of me, and if not, none of this would have happened. and he (Samuel) would be alive. That’s why I want to apologize to the family and to everyone,” he said, despite having declared himself innocent of the facts.