On Monday, December 29, the verdict will be read in the trial for aggravated false testimony in La Plata. The trial, linked to the quadruple murder discovered in November 2011, is taking place at the Criminal Court on 8th Street between 56 and 57. The defendants are the taxi driver Marcelo Tagliaferro and Patricia Godoy. The expectation is focused on the reading of the sentence by the Oral Court in Criminal Matters No. 4, chaired by Judge Emir Caputo Tartara, after several days of debate and final arguments charged with tension. One of the most relevant moments of the trial was on December 4, when Tagliaferro testified for an hour and ended up recognizing himself as an "interested witness." In his statement, he admitted to having requested the reward of 300,000 pesos offered by the Buenos Aires provincial Ministry of Security, money he would only have received if Osvaldo Martínez had been convicted for the murders of Susana De Barttole, Micaela Galle, Bárbara Santos, and Marisol Pereyra. However, the attempt failed: in 2014, the Oral and Criminal Court III sentenced Javier "La Hiena" Quiroga to life in prison, unanimously acquitting Martínez and exposing Tagliaferro's contradictions, who had testified three times with different versions, two during the investigation and one during the trial. During his recent testimony, the taxi driver tried to justify these inconsistencies by alleging fear of the police in his first testimony of 2011. Days later, after meeting with lawyer Fernando Burlando and seeing images of Martínez in the media, he modified his account and assured he had clearly recognized him through the car's rearview mirror. Telephone records from that date confirmed a communication between Burlando and the then "star witness." Forensic psychologist and key testimonies In the debate, a forensic psychologist also testified, stating that Tagliaferro shows low frustration tolerance and a tendency to adapt the facts when they do not coincide with his ideas. Another relevant moment was the presentation of journalist Fernando Tocho, author of the book "The Quadruple Murder of La Plata, the investigation," incorporated into the file at the request of the prosecution.
