For a few days there is no longer a tribe of journalistsphotographers and cameras waiting at the doors of the Provincial Court of A Coruña for the arrival of the lawyers, defendants and witnesses of the Samuel Luiz case. The oral hearing lasts more than three weeks, and the trial no longer appears on the front pages. Besides, the Valencia catastrophe has absorbed all the interest of the country’s media ecosystem, and radio and television talk shows never talk about Samuel anymorenor the morning live shows are done on the sidewalk in front of number 1 Cigarreras Street, where the headquarters of the Court of A Coruña is located, but rather on the mud from Paiporta, Benetúser, Catarroja, the Poio ravine…
When does a tragedy stop being news? ¿When the mud disappears which usually accompanies the floods of pain what causes? How are grief and suffering measured in time once the waters recede? Do they ever heal, do they ever forget? It may be impossible to establish guidelines to answer these questions if we ask them to an entire society. But experts say they can. offer answers if they refer to specific individuals.
The psychiatrists, psychologists and forensic experts who appeared this Wednesday at Samuel’s trial They exposed the tragic situation that their parents continue to suffer, Maxsoud Luiz and Dolores Muñizsince a pack of murderers lynched his only son shouting “fucking faggot!” in the early morning of July 3, 2021 on the city’s boardwalk. They both fell ill that same night because of the acute stressthe anxiety and the depression severe that caused themat the death of Samuel.
Psychiatric, psychological and pharmacological therapy
That same month they began psychiatric, psychological and pharmacological therapy, but only Maxsoud has followed them and, although he has obtained a declaration of permanent disability from Social Security that prevents him from working, he is beginning to recover. Dolores, however, suffers a depressive disorder with psychotic symptoms and delusional ideas about her responsibility in the death of her son, which leads her to reject any treatment.
“She considered itto divine punishmentimposed, believes that he has to suffer and suffer,” he maintains Arturo Parada Lópeza doctor specializing in the assessment of psychophysical damage, during his testimony in front of the jury at the request of the private prosecution. “Her life consists of going out with her husband for an hour of walking in the morning and another in the afternoon. The rest, that is, social, family, work relationships… They practically do not exist,” she says.
José Manuel Crespo Iglesiasa psychiatrist with 25 years of experience in public health and a diploma in Criminology, also presents before the court the feeling of guilt and absolute hopelessness that Samuel’s mother has been experiencing for three years and four months, subjected since her death to a slow “passive suicide” which gradually increases the functional damage that causes it. “The prognosis is very bad. If you don’t receive treatment, the longer you have all these active symptoms, the more difficult it is for you to recover,” he adds.
Since Samuel was killed, Maxsoud and Dolores’ lives have been filled with pain: they suffer insomniathey dream nightmares when they manage to fall asleep and frequently experience anxiety and distressexplains Belen Penathe first clinical psychologist who began treating them just a week after the crime.
Chronic major depression
Peña referred them to a psychiatrist, Sonia Segadewho now only treats Maxsoud and who yesterday confirmed the same diagnosis and its traumatic consequences: “deep sadnessdifficulty experiencing any sensation of pleasure or enjoyment, sleep and concentration problems…”. Segade was only able to see Dolores twice, in August and September 2021. But even then he could see that she was suffering from “brutal traumatic stress.” “It is a chronic major depression“which is aggravated by their refusal to receive treatment,” concludes the expert.
Samuel’s parents were also evaluated by two forensic psychiatrists from the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia (Imelga), Máximo Rodríguez Vázquez and John Molinawho confirmed on the stand the same diagnosis and the enormous consequences they suffer. “It is part of the disease not to recognize the disease,” they warned.
Your opinion is relevant because it will deduce compensations which they will have to face those accused of the murder of Samuel –Diego Mountain, Catherine Silva, Kaio Amaral, Alejandro Miguez and Alejandro Freire– if they are ultimately convicted.
For the purposes of these compensations, the official expert report counts 530 days of sick leave for Maxsoud, that is, from the time Samuel was killed until the Social Security procedure for his permanent disability began. In the case of Dolores it is only 78 days, from July 3 until it was confirmed that she did not want to continue treatment. In total there are 608. Since the death of Samuel devastated by mud and pain, their lives have passed 866 days.
The prosecutor and the accusations dismantle a defense expert who alleged mental disorder in one of the accused
The defense of one of Samuel’s alleged murderers, Alejandro Freire, alias Yumbafor whom the accusations call for 22 years in prison for murder with cruelty and treacherypresented this Wednesday at the oral hearing a psychiatrist expert who assures that the accused suffers from pathologies that should mitigate his responsibility in his death.
According to Indalecio Careerdoctor in psychiatry and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago and hired by Freire’s family, he would suffer from a attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with prepsychotic personalityin addition to addictions to toxic substances, especially cocainewhich in his opinion should give him some “advantage” in the event that any sentence was imposed, which in any case, in case of situation and in his opinion, he should comply with extra-prison measures.
Several witnesses, as well as the police who analyzed the recordings of the events, point to Freire as author of several of the kicks and punches that Samuel received during his lynching, as well as the attempt to strangle him during the first of the attacks he suffered. Except for his own statement during the investigation, there is no evidence to indicate that on the day of the events I wasn’t aware of what I was doing.
Especially the fiscal one, but also Samuel’s family lawyer and the lawyer of the popular accusationthey dismantled Carrera’s report, which he prepared based on what the accused’s father told him and two one-hour interviews in jail. He even went so far as to allege a genetic predisposition to ADHD in the alleged murderer, which would only be supported by the Freire family’s version that an uncle from Yumba had also suffered from it.
The expert tried to convince the jury that this alleged illness, which had not been diagnosed until now for the accused, added to his drug use and his personality, would have made him more vulnerable to lack of control and violent responses. Asked by the prosecutor if he had any analysis or medical report that showed that in the early morning of July 3, 2021, Freire was as high on drugs and drunk as he suggested, he acknowledged that he did not, and that his expert opinion was based only on what the accused told him. had moved.
Carrera’s testimony caused the jury to ask the judge to ask the expert two questions: what type of ADHD did he think Freire suffers from, and What effects do psychotropic substances have? in patients with that disease. The psychiatrist responded that the defendant’s disorder was mixed, and that cocaine and alcohol In ADHD patients they can have a depressing and even calming effect on their personality. That is, the opposite of the violent and aggressive character that he showed on the day of the events based on the testimony of several witnesses and the recordings shown at the trial.
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