Friday May 12, 2023 | 5:15 p.m.
The businessman from Posada, Santiago Pissani, charged with the crimes of injuries and threats for having beaten and threatened to kill a pizza delivery man who arrived at his home with an order on the night of last Labor Day, will continue to be deprived of liberty for good reason. that the head of the Investigating Court Two of Posadas, Juan Manuel Monte, rejected the request for release presented by his defense.
This is a second defensive appeal that is denied to the textile merchant, since when he was still a fugitive from the Police, his legal sponsor had raised an exemption from prison before Judge Monte.
The magistrate’s recent decision was notified shortly before noon yesterday, so the former martial arts and Greco-Roman wrestling champion returned to the cell of the Third Police Station where he has been staying for exactly one week, when he turned himself in to the authorities after spending four fugitive days.
As El Territorio was able to learn, Monte argued the rejection based on the potential risk of escape and the danger to the victim, although a series of measures are still pending to prove the facts denounced.
Regarding the former, judicial sources revealed that Pissani had bought tickets to another Argentine province when he was being sought by the Misiones Police and federal forces.
Parallel to that, his defense processed the release from prison, which was later also rejected.
Regarding the second, Judge Monte understands that the freedom of the subject could mean a danger to the victim since, after the beating, he made death threats.
Pissani’s version
In his statements before the court, the defendant ratified his version expressed to a radio medium, on which occasion he stated that he had been beaten first, for which he acted in self-defense.
“When the boy came I interpreted that he had nothing to do with it. That they gave him the pizza and he brought it to me. So I tell him that everything is fine, he will grab the pizza that came cold, take these people and tell them that this is not done. That they cannot make me wait two hours and bring me the cold pizza, ”he recounted.
In another part of the interview he acknowledged that he did not have an attitude according to the situation. But he denied starting an attack.
“I was wrong because I threw the pizza on the floor and then I picked it up and gave it to him in his hand,” he explained.
According to the textile businessman’s account of the event, the situation continued with the young man arguing that the return would make him lose his income from the trip.
“He tells me ‘no, stop, they’re going to discount my pizza.’ And I tell him ‘you take it and if they discount the pizza, I’ll give you the money tomorrow, and I’ll pay you for delivery now’. Because it’s a job and my anger was with the one at the pizzeria because it took me a while, do you understand?” Pissani said.
Along these lines, he said that the conversation got out of control and that is when, according to Pissani, the delivery began with the aggression.
“The boy gets angry, did you see? He started filming there, and well I give him a push and say ‘go away’. There he gets off and he tells me, ‘I’m going to shit on you’ and he kicks me. And well, I reacted in defense and threw him to the floor, I climbed on top of him and he did not calm down, “he claimed, adding:” I touched him a little, I didn’t even hit him, because you can see in the video that I’m slapping him. And I speak well to him, I tell him ‘I’m going to let you go, you’re going to get on your motorcycle and you’re going to go’”.
