Linaa friend of Samuel Luizwho was with him on the day of his murder, has stated that Catherine Silva and his then partner, Diego Mountainthey insulted their friend by shouting “fucking faggot” before committing the homicide. Furthermore, he has revealed that the first blows that Luiz received were inflicted by Montaña, and that Silva then grabbed him by the neck.
Regarding the moments before the attack, Lina said that Montaña asked them to stop “recording.” She recalled that both she and Samuel Luiz They explained to them that they were not recording them. “We told them that we were not recording them at any time, that we were making a video call to my ex-partner. Even so, they continued to insist that we stop recording. After a while, Montaña began to say: ‘Stop recording, I’m going to kill you, you fucking faggot‘, addressing more to Samuel than to me, who was the one who had the phone,” he declared.
He then indicated that the accused “lunged” at the victimwhile another person (Alejandro Freire) joined the attack by grabbing him by the neck. “One was grabbing him and the other was hitting him,” he detailed.
Regarding Silva, Lina pointed out that he showed an “aggressive” attitude. “I tried to intervene to help Samuel and she pushed me to the groundtelling me to leave, that it didn’t matter.” Both Silva and Montaña face requests for prison sentences. 25 years in prison for murder with treachery and crueltyas well as for the aggravating discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Lina has ruled out that Silva tried to stop her boyfriend during the attack, stating that her intention was only to prevent the victim from defending herself. In addition, he has indicated that the accused also addressed Luiz calling him a “fucking faggot.” Lina turned around to look for her friend’s mobile phone, since he missed it, but she couldn’t find it. It was later discovered that the device had been picked up by Kaio Amaral Silvawhich is why the Prosecutor’s Office also accuses him of robbery with force.
“He was full of blood, he couldn’t defend himself”
Ibrahima Diack, one of the Senegalese who tried to help Luizhas stated that when they arrived at the scene they found “a group of boys kicking” the victim. In his testimony before the Court of A Coruña, he highlighted that the victim “he couldn’t defend himself” and pointed out that the young man “was full of blood.”
Diack, who was also hit during the incident, explained that he “grabbed” Luiz to try to protect him, while his partner Magatte He stood behind them to “prevent” the attackers from reaching them during the journey from outside the premises to another area of the promenade. However, he reiterated that The beating continued throughout this journey..
Ibrahima Diack: “I grabbed Samuel to try to stop the attack, but the boys were surrounding him”
He explained that, at first, they thought it was a fight when they saw “a boy on the ground who was being kicked.” “I grabbed him to try to stop the aggression, but the boys were surrounding him“, he added. In his statement, he responded to questions from the prosecutor and identified one of the accused, Alejandro Freire.
Diack has stated that the attackers were “chasing them non-stop” and that, if they had stopped the chase, “Samuel would not have fallen where he fell.” He explained that a forceful blow caused Luiz to fall to the ground, after which the attackers retreated. “It was full of blood, we were afraid, we had never seen anything like it,” he highlighted the seriousness of what happened. “I saw him fall to the ground twice; the second time he didn’t get up anymore“, he concluded.
This Friday, the first section of the Provincial Court of A Coruña held a new trial session against five adults involved in the murder of Luiz, which occurred on July 3, 2021. The Prosecutor’s Office requests sentences ranging from 22 and 27 years in prison for the accused.
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