Daniel Sancho has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder and dismemberment of Dr. Edwin Arrieta on August 3, 2023, as announced this Thursday at the reading of the sentence. A news after which the cook’s father, the actor Rodolfo Sanchohas advocated “continuing to fight.” Silvia Bronchalofor his part, left the Samui Provincial Court in southern Thailand without making any statements.
“Always keep fighting, keep fighting”the interpreter told the media today upon leaving the court. He went to court accompanied by his trusted legal advisor in Thailand, Alice Keartjareanlap. The mother of the convicted man, investment analyst Silvia Bronchalo, has chosen, as happened during the trial that took place between April and May, to remain silent.
During the reading of the sentence, which began around 10:00 local time (3:00 Spanish time) and It took approximately one hour, the judge explained the possibility of filing two appealsone before the Court of Appeal and another later before the Supreme Court.
The judge has found Sancho guilty of the three crimes of which the prosecution accused him: premeditated murder, concealment of the body -due to the dismemberment of Arrieta- and theft of other people’s documentson the passport of the Colombian surgeon, who was then 44 years old.
Daniel Sancho had only accepted his guilt in the charge of dismembering Arrietawhose remains were found in several places on the island of Phangan, near Samui, days after his death on August 2, 2023. The judge has also ordered the chef to pay compensation to Arrieta’s family of 4 million bat ((almost $119,000 or around €107,000).
Daniel’s lawyers speak out
The sentence is obviously not what Sancho’s lawyers expected: “But it is clear that the court has taken into account, very much into account, the work carried out by the defense,” explains one of his representatives Ramón Chippirrás, referring to the fact that the death penalty has not been handed down. For its part, the team that defends the interests of the Arrieta family has told us that They will try, as far as possible, to ensure that the sentence is served in Thailand. By law, the sentence should be four years in Thailand, but the Arrieta family wants it to be at least eight years until he can be transferred to Spain to finish serving his sentence in Spain.
“We will adhere to the Thai international cooperation law, which states that from the age of four any non-Thai citizen “You can request your country to move you, to finish serving your sentence in your country. And also regarding the agreements that Spain has with Thailand for the transfer of inmates for this reason since 1983,” he said. Chip red“We have a first appeal to the Suratani Provincial Court and a second appeal to the Supreme Court of Thailand and those appeals will indeed be filed,” he added.
We asked about the family and their feelings after the blow that suggests Daniel will spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it, in prison. Ramon Chippirras He simply says that it has been “a blow to the family, to the interests of those we represent, which is Rodolfo,” he told us. “We have to go through that moment of accepting the news and continue working, which is what this team, together with Rodolfo Sancho, have always defended,” concluded the lawyer and this Thursday morning, spokesman for Rodolfo Sancho, Daniel Sancho’s father, who is waiting to learn “the small print of this sentence,” how it can be appealed and what steps must be taken from now on.
Arrieta’s entourage celebrates “a fair sentence”
“It was a fair sentence. He will have to pay; we know that an appeal is coming, but there is no justification for that appeal.”has assured Efe Victoria Jattin, Arrieta’s childhood friend. So far, the victim’s parents have not made any statements, but the Jattin family, with whom the doctor grew up and whom he considered almost like his family, received the news almost at midnight amid tears and hugs, knowing that justice had finally been done after a year of the murder. At the Jattins’ house, they prepared an altar in honor of Arrieta with candles and photos of the doctor, and now, they breathe easy.
Despite the uncertainty, Victoria was calm because a week ago her friend Edwin appeared to her in a dream and told her to calm down, that Sancho was going to receive that sentence, which he gives to the family, that in a neighboring house they are keeping silent for the moment, “emotional tranquility”.
“With this year so difficult and hard, from now on poor Sancho but more painful death of our friend because he will never be erased from our hearts and he will then realise the magnitude of what he did and little by little life will teach him that a person does not kill himself in that way,” Tania Jattin, another of the doctor’s friends, told Efe.
For her part, Nancy Jattin, who was mayor of Lorica, pointed out that they finally receive “tranquility in the midst of pain,” and He hopes that the convicted man will be transferred to a higher security prison and cannot be extradited to Spain..
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