Silvino Báez, Fernando’s father on rugby: “As a father, I feel sorry for them”

Silvino Báez maintained that “as the father” of Fernando Báez Sosa he feels “sorrow” for the defendants Máximo Thomsen, Ciro Pertossi, Enzo Comelli, Matías Benicelli, Blas Cinalli, Lucas Pertossi, Ayrton Viollaz and Luciano Pertossi, for the crime of his son, committed in the early hours of January 18, 2020 at the door of the Le Brique bowling alley, in Villa Gesell. As a father, I feel sorry for them. I would like to hear what the parents say,” he said at the exit of the Oral Criminal Court 1 of Dolores, where the trial is taking place, in front of the journalists present. Next week, at least seven of the relatives of the eight defendants are expected to testify. Testimonies that will come after this past Thursday, Luciano Pertossi, was the only one to break the pact of silence. “It was half acted. Unexpected. It’s like he didn’t say anything,” said Silvino, who maintained “there is very strong evidence against them,” so he tries to “have a cool head” and has “a lot of faith” that justice will be done. Meanwhile, Wednesday will mark three years since the crime, so both Silvino and Graciela organize a solidarity collection of non-perishable food and school supplies and an intrareligious prayer in his memory and in a gesture of “solidarity and help for others as he would like.”

Original source in Spanish