Lucio’s mother asked to testify at the trial: “To this day I still can’t believe it.”

The mother of Lucio Dupuy, who was five years old when he was killed in November 2021 in the capital of La Pampa, asked to testify in the framework of the trial, where she said that “to this day” she still “cannot believe” what happened. When I left him at home, he greeted me, he was alive (…) To this day I still can’t believe it (…). Many will find it wrong that I am not crying, but I mentalized myself to be as strong as possible to be able to speak clearly. I mourn Lucio in private, it seems more human than doing it in front of people who do not know me, nor did they know Lucio, and they said a lot of things about my supposed rejection of motherhood, “said Magdalena Espósito Valenti in front of the Santa Rosa court, composed of Judge Alejandro Ongaro, and judges Andrés Olié and Daniel Sáez Zamora. This was reported in a statement from the Supreme Court of Justice of La Pampa, in turn released by Telam. Valenti is accused and charged with the crime of “seriously outrageous sexual abuse, aggravated by being the ascendant, for being committed by two people and for coexistence between her and the victim under 18 years of age, in real competition with qualified homicide for being the ascendant, for cruelty and treachery. ” At the hearing, the woman said that she left Lucio “alive” in the care of her partner, Abigail Páez (who has also testified as a defendant and accused by the same cover, except for the aggravating circumstance for the link). While in addition, he accompanied his defense with his defense lawyer Pablo De Biasi, who projected videos and photos to show what Lucio’s daily life was like with his mother. It should be remembered that Valenti had already declared last week, when he said that his intention “was never to hurt him and much less kill him”, that he “misses him a lot”, and that what happened “hurts his soul”. So far, judicial sources specify that 71 of the 105 witnesses that were expected have already testified and that in addition “there are two hearings left to conclude this stage of the debate.” Next Tuesday the last witnesses will be heard, and on Thursday, December 22, it will be the turn of the arguments. Lucio was killed on November 26, 2021, in Santa Rosa, province of La Pampa, as a result of an “internal bleeding”, caused as a result of aggressions and bruises, for which his mother and her partner are accused. According to what was confirmed by the coroner Juan Carlos Toulouse, the result of the autopsy revealed that the child had “injuries in several parts of the body”, signs that he had been a victim of sexual abuse “recent and of old date”, while presenting “a strong blow that affected the hip, buttock and leg, 7 to 8 days ago.” In addition, it was verified from a report on the minor’s admissions to hospitals and health centers, requested by the prosecutor’s office, represented by Verónica Silvana Ferrero, Marcos Sacco and María Mónica Rivero, that Lucio “was treated five times in three months for presenting injuries, some of them serious.”In case of any situation of violation of the rights of children and adolescents, contact line 102, which provides advice, assistance, and containment free of charge and confidentially.

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