Samuel Luiz’s father: “What they did with my son was hate, not even a dog should be left lying in a ditch”

Samuel Luiz’s father, Maxsoud Luiz, has confirmed that his son never had a problem when he went out at night. “He never drank, he didn’t like being in fights,” he explained, very emotional and with tears, in a new session of the trial being held in the Provincial Court of A Coruña with the Jury Court. “They took away the person I loved most,” he stated to emphasize that what they did with him was “hate.” “Not even a dog should be left lying in a ditch.”

This was explained in a new hearing with testimonies, collected by Europa Press, in which after giving up personal details to some of the witnesses, the testimony of the father of the victim, who died after a fatal beating in the early hours of July 3, began. of 2021 on the A Coruña seafront promenade.

“I taught him values ​​because I didn’t learn them at home,” he stressed to ensure that Samuel, who worked and studied, was “his best friend.” “No one can speak ill of my son, he was an example of education.”

“They took a shine off me”

Questioned by the prosecutor who led to the death of his son, he said: “They took away the person I loved most, they took away a shine that was in us.” “They took everything from us, like any father or mother, when a child is taken away they lose their way,” he added.

“I am not here to judge, there are many broken families here, there are many,” he pointed out to emphasize that he was not born to “judge” but to be in a church, in relation to the one he belongs to, “to help people.” . “My son had values ​​and what they did with my son was hatred, not even a dog can be left lying around in a bill and there it was, lying around.” “They stole my son,” he stated in another part of his testimony and through tears.

All this with criticism, in addition, of the media. “The images that come out are killing the love of my life,” he stated about the victim’s mother. “I’m not selling my son,” he added about what they offered him to appear in them. Regarding Samuel’s sexual condition, he stated that he not only knew it from his clothing but “from the things he found at home.” All this without questions from the defense lawyers.

Sorrows

The defendants — Diego MM, Catherine SB, Kaio ASC, Alejandro MR and Alejandro FG — face sentences ranging from 22 to 27 years in prison for murder with instruction and treachery.

To the first two, the accusations accuse them of aggravating discrimination due to the sexual orientation of the victim and to the third the alleged robbery with violence of Samuel’s cell phone is added. The defenses, for their part, request acquittal.

“He saw and witnessed,” said Diego MM’s lawyer, at the entrance to the Court, about his client whom the accusations and some of the testimonies already provided in the trial place him as the person who initiated the attack and also He later beat her, with insults of ‘fucking faggot’.

Regarding Alejandro FG, some have said that he was the person who grabbed the victim by the neck, while regarding Kaio ASC, some witnesses have stated that they saw him carrying his leg to launch a kick, without confirming whether he actually did it.

This in a trial with resignation of witnesses by one of the parties and with a request from the accusations that one of the witnesses, who did not appear on another day, be brought to him by the police forces after confirming that he was in France “taking care of of his grandfather in the hospital” and that he would not attend, even though he had already been informed of the imposition of a penalty of 600 euros for not attending previously. Finally, the judge agreed to adopt this measure.