Footballer facing prison

The Criminal Court 2 of Granada will hold the trial this Wednesday against the Venezuelan footballer Darwin Machís, currently in Cádiz and who faces 18 months in prison for two alleged crimes of injuries committed during a fight in 2021.

The trial was scheduled for May 10, although the strike of Justice officials forced the postponement of the hearing, which will be held at the Caleta judicial headquarters, as confirmed by judicial sources.

The footballer will be accompanied by three other defendants in this trial that will be held after the attempted compromise held last January ended without agreement, an act in which those involved did not accept the 18-month prison sentences requested by the Prosecutor’s Office.

The international winger with Venezuela, 30 years old, is accused of participating in a fight recorded after 10:30 p.m. on April 4, 2021 at a location in Churriana de la Vega (Granada), a confrontation that would have resulted in two wounded.

The current Cádiz player would have participated along with three other people in a confrontation in which the footballer was also injured, although he did not formalise any complaint regarding the events.

According to the provisional document of the Prosecutor’s Office, the facts represent two crimes of injury for which each of the defendants has requested a sentence of 18 months in prison.

The private prosecution of one of the injured men carried out by Aránguez Abogados considers that the footballer, helped by “three Colombian hitmen”, appeared at the premises where his ex-wife was with his new partner and, without saying a word, gave a strong beating. He beat up both this man and the friend who was accompanying them before fleeing.

This accusation also considers that the facts represent two crimes of injuries, although it has involved a sentence of five years in prison.

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