The defense of Cristian Graf, the accused of concealing the remains of Diego Fernández Lima, who was murdered in 1984, stated that the hearing to appeal the dismissal was "tough". Martín Díaz, one of the accused's lawyers, spoke with the Argentine News Agency and clarified that the judges of the Chamber of Appeals in Criminal and Correctional Matters, Chamber No. 4, have a few business days to issue their ruling: "They will send it to us by email". "It was a tough hearing, very tough, they asked and re-asked all the parties. There was a lot of intensity, the 10 minutes of exposition were clearly exceeded", he added. In this sense, Díaz indicated that the magistrates questioned him about the case hypothesis, while Javier Fernández Lima (brother and aggrieved party) attended at Viamonte 1147 along with his legal representatives Tomás Brady and Hugo Wortman Jofré. The prosecution requested the revocation of Graf's dismissal, who is accused of the crimes of suppression of evidence and concealment, and the continuation of the investigation led by prosecutor Martín López Perrando, who did not attend the hearing. Diego Fernández Lima was last seen alive on July 26, 1984, in the City of Buenos Aires, the day he returned from school, had lunch with his mother, and asked for money to take the bus. After 41 years, his bones and other belongings were found in the yard of a chalet rented by the singer Gustavo Cerati (who died on September 4, 2014) between 2001 and 2003.
Defense Calls Diego Fernández Lima Case Hearing "Tough"
The defense of the accused in the Diego Fernández Lima case called the appeal hearing "tough". Judges are expected to rule in the coming days.