New shocking details about Maradona's death revealed

New details about the death of Diego Armando Maradona continue to emerge during the ongoing trial in Argentina. The doctor who saw Maradona after his death says the medical team was trying to revive a body that had been dead for a long time.

The room where Diego Maradona died "was very dirty" for a person who had "recently undergone surgery" and did not have a defibrillator in it, a doctor testified during a court hearing investigating the star's death four years ago, according to the Associated Press.

Seven healthcare professionals are in the dock for the trial taking place in San Isidro, accused of fatal negligence in the death of the footballer, CE Report quotes Kosova Press.

"The house was very dirty, very messy, especially the room. There was no kind of order or at least basic cleanliness, to be able to have a person who had just had an operation," said Colin Campbell, a doctor who was the star's neighbor and who was called to help him when it became clear that Maradona was unresponsive.

Campbell said that on the night Maradona died, on November 25, 2020, he entered the home of a gated community in Tigre to find a nurse trying to revive the 60-year-old former footballer.

Upon the nurse's intervention, she noticed that the football legend's body temperature and jaw stiffness indicated that "he had not had any vital signs for a long time."

"More than an hour or two, for sure," Campbell told judges in the court in San Isidro, a northern suburb of Buenos Aires.

The doctor was called that day at 12:26 p.m. by security personnel from the gated community because the star had "lost consciousness."

Juan Carlos Pinto, another doctor who arrived with the first ambulance, confirmed Campbell's version by stating that the patient was already dead.

Pinto said he was the one who told Maradona's ex-wife, Claudia Villafañe, and his daughters, who were already present, that Maradona had been dead for more than two hours.

"There was nothing that could help with resuscitation, there was no oxygen, there were no oxygen tubes, there was no defibrillator," Pinto said, confirming Campbell's version of events.

Maradona died of a cardiorespiratory crisis at his home in Tigre, where he had been hospitalized at home following neurosurgery.

Seven health professionals (doctors, nurses, a psychiatrist and a psychologist) are accused of intentional homicide, which means they were aware that their actions could cause death.