The relatives of the terrorist Sayfullo Saipov will give testimony next week. Yesterday was another day full of exciting stories
This week, in the second phase of the trial against Sayfullo Saipov, he once again shocked room B on the 24th floor of the New York court. More relatives of the five Rosarios murdered by the Uzbek terrorist on October 31, 2017 testified before the Court in charge of Judge Vernon Broderick, and their testimonies brought tears to many of the 12 members of the jury, which will soon have to decide whether life imprisonment or death penalty corresponds to the perpetrator whose relatives will also be present to testify in the coming days.
In dialogue with La Capital, Juan Félix Marteau, the lawyer for Ana Evans, widow of the deceased Hernán Mendoza, indicated that, after the stage of declarations by the relatives of the victims (8 in total, including Rosario graduates from the Polytechnic ) Saipov’s defense requested the appearance before the Court of relatives of the terrorist who will arrive from Uzbekistan next week, in addition to relatives residing in the United States.
It follows that the strategy will be to mitigate what the jury will have to decide once the second phase of statements concludes and meets to determine what will be the penalty that corresponds to the person facing 28 charges against him. Among them, they take into account that it was a crime supported and monitored by the Islamic fundamentalist group Isis.
Lina, the daughter of Hernán Ferruchi, another of the deceased Rosario, left a raw and heartfelt story when she referred to her father’s absence throughout all these years. The 20-year-old spoke about the importance of Hernán in the family structure, the scenes prior to the trip to commemorate 30 years of graduation and the moments lived with her father.
Lina’s forcefulness was such that the handkerchiefs were once again necessary to stifle the tears of the jury. Before, Vera Dargoltz, her mother, had declared.
In the previous day, the story of one of the surviving friends stood out: Ariel Benvenuto, who appealed to explain the representation of the brotherhood, the belonging and the symbology of a tattoo that he carries on his body as an indelible mark of the 10 companions who were to New York. Juan Pablo Trevisán also declared in his second testimony that he left the jurors’ skin on edge.
Once this stage is over, it will be the turn of their direct Uzbek relatives.
