Daniel Sancho’s desperate plea in his first week in Surat Thani prison

Daniel Sancho He was sentenced on August 29 to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of the Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta. Just one day after learning of the Thai court’s verdict, Sancho Gracia’s grandson was transferred to the Surat Thani prison, a penitentiary located in southern Thailand. At the end of his days of isolation (protocol they follow due to Covid-19), the chef received a visit from his mother Silvia BronchaloNow, the desperate plea made by Rodolfo Sancho’s son during his first week in Surat Thani prison has come to light.

At the end of the period of confinement, where he could not receive visits from his parents, the young man has been transferred to the high security module 6. This is an adaptation area, where Sancho shares space with 20 other prisoners and cannot do sports or any other activity. The young chef will remain in this module for several weeks, and will then be transferred to the official module, as the police have been able to find out. EFE Agency.

Given this situation, Daniel Sancho has asked the management of the penitentiary center to speed up the process. The son of the singer Sea of ​​plastic He has said he has fully adapted to prison conditions after spending a year in Koh Samui prison.

While Sancho Gracia’s grandson is adjusting to the new conditions in Surat Thani, his legal team is working to file the first appeal with the aim of reducing his sentence.

Life imprisonment for Daniel Sancho

On August 29, the judge found Sancho guilty of the three crimes of which the Prosecutor’s Office 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 also ordered the chef to pay compensation to Arrieta’s family of 4 million bat ((almost 119,000 dollars or around 107,000 euros).