The medical team in Maradona faces the death of the football legend before the court hearing

In a relentless pursuit of justice for one of the most popular heroes in world football, the continuing legal proceedings against medical employees of the death of Diego Maradona's death were had an appropriate share of shocking demands and fiery exchangers from the courtroom.

Maradona, who died in 2020 at the age of 60, had recovered at home after a brain operation when he suffered a heart attack. But the public prosecutor claims that his death was anything but inevitable and claimed that the hospital employee had given him up in his last hours.

Now there are eight defendants, including Maradona's neurosurgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist and nurses, potential prison terms of up to 25 years because of “murder with possible intentions”.

The public prosecutor Patricio Ferrari described Maradona's deathbed a “theater of the horror” and vowed to present “solid” evidence of medical neglect. “Today Diego Armando Maradona, his children, his relatives, those who are closest to him and the Argentine people, deserve justice,” he told the court.

The investigators say that the medical team knew that Maradona's life is hanging on a thread but still not acting. In a shocking revelation, the night patrons admitted that he had discovered “warning signs”, but it was expressly said that he should not wake the football legend.

More than 100 witnesses will take the view during the process, which is expected to last until July.

Maradona's death fell into mourning Argentina. The man who led his nation to the World Cup gloss in 1986 and achieved the iconic “hand of God” – was worshiped as a football god. But his personal life was turbulent and affected by a fight with cocaine addiction and a 15-month football ban from 1991.

Nevertheless, his death devastated the world of football. Thousands of depressed fans stood for hours to say goodbye when his coffin in the state was in the presidential palace in Buenos Aires.