They apologized to the victim’s family, stated that they were “sorry” for the fact and indicated that “there was no plan to kill”
For iProfessional
01/26/2023 – 3:21 p.m.
The eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa In the early morning of January 18, 2020, in Villa Gesell, they apologized to the victim’s family, stated that they were “sorry” for the fact, and indicated that “there was no plan to kill” and assured that they regret “the death of a young man of the same age”, saying their “last words” today in the trial that follows them in the city of Dolores.
Saying their final words before the sentence, which will be announced on Monday, February 6, the rugbiers Máximo Thomsen (23), Blas Cinalli (21), Enzo Comelli (22), Matías Benicelli (23), Ciro ( 22), Lucas (23) and Luciano Pertossi (21) and Ayrton Viollaz (23) expressed themselves in the same sense before the Oral Criminal Court (TOC) 1 of Dolores.
All the defendants stood up and gave a brief speech after the president of TOC 1, María Claudia Castro, asked each of them if they were going to speak.
At that moment, Máximo Thomsen was observed to be very moved, and he burst into tears when he spoke in the courtroom.
Those accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa said their last words at the trial
Báez Sosa case: the word of the accused
The following were the “last words” of the eight defendants for the murder of Fernando:
- Luciano Pertossi (21): “First, I apologize to the Báez Sosa family and to anyone who has been affected by this. I never wanted to participate in a fight in which a person died. I apologize for everything bad. What you decide will be the right thing to do. I pray to God that it is something good for everyone”.
- Maximum Thomsen (23): “First of all, I apologize to the family. And all the people affected. I never thought something like this could happen. It hurts me so much that a boy our age died. I wish I could go back in time and reverse all this. I am Very sorry. Thank you for giving me this space and we will always abide by everything you decide.”
- Lucas Pertossi (23): “First of all I wanted to apologize to Fernando’s family for everything caused. I am very sorry for everything that happened. I am very bad from what happened that day to this day. Very sad for everything that happened and for all the people that I affected I want to sincerely apologize to you. I never intended to kill anyone or participate in a murder. Thank you for listening.”
- Ciro Pertossi (22): “I wanted to say that I am very sorry for everything that happened. Please apologize to the family for having been in the place where someone was killed. I will never want to kill anyone. Someone our age died. It is very ugly and it is very ugly that they accuse us”.
- Matias Benicelli (23): “I want to apologize to Fernando’s family. I never wanted this to happen. I never intended to kill anyone. I think about it every day. I wish I could go back in time. I never wanted to kill anyone.”
- Blas Cinalli (21): “I want to apologize to all the people affected by what happened. It is something that hurts a lot to this day. There was no plan or anything that is said.”
- Enzo Comelli (22): “I sincerely wanted to ask Fernando’s family and also my family. I want to apologize to all the people affected by this aberrational event. A person of the same age died who, like us, had his whole life ahead of him. I want to give my sincere apologies to everyone. To every one of the people who went through this ordeal and sat there. I will always be there for you. Have a good day.”
- Ayrton Viollaz (23): “I want to apologize to Fernando’s family. I never thought something like this would happen. I am very sorry for everything. Thank you all for the space you are giving me. God bless you.”
