The eldest daughter of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona made an emotional plea for justice on Thursday as hearings in the trial over her father's death drew to a close, with verdicts expected in December.
"The only thing I want to ask of you is that justice be done for my father," Dalma Maradona, 39, told judges at a court in San Isidro, north of Buenos Aires.
Dalma and her sister Gianinna are participating in the proceedings as co-plaintiffs.
"I have had to listen to many people telling me how difficult their lives have been since this trial began. What I want to say to those people is that they have the opportunity to be with their families. That is something my father unfortunately no longer has," she said through tears.
Maradona died of a heart attack on November 25, 2020, at the age of 60 in a private residential complex. The 1986 World Cup winner had undergone brain surgery just weeks earlier.
Several of his doctors and nurses are on trial, accused of serious failures and mistakes in connection with his death.
Prosecutors and the family's lawyers are seeking lengthy prison sentences for some of the defendants, while defence lawyers have called for acquittals.
Judge Alberto Gaig said verdicts would be delivered on December 22 after a thorough review of the case.
"Now it is our task, our responsibility, to decide," he said at the end of the hearings.
The judge appeared visibly emotional while describing the pressure the high-profile trial had placed on the court, pausing several times as he spoke.