No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, says policeman

SAN ISIDRO, Mar 19 (AFP): A policeman who was among the first on the scene of Diego Maradona's death four years ago, told a court Tuesday he saw no "medical items" in the room where the football legend was receiving post-operative care at home.

Officer Lucas Farias testified in the trial of seven health professionals accused of homicide for their alleged role in what prosecutors have described as the "horror theater" of Maradona's final days.

Farias said he "didn't see medical items in the room. I didn't see serums that I think should be part of home hospitalization," referring to an intravenous drip.

Farias was one of four police officers to give evidence Tuesday, a week after the trial opened in San Isidro in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires.