Rodolfo Sancho was present this Monday, November 13, at the court hearing of his son Daniel in the Samui Court, in which the 29-year-old Spanish chef declared before the judge “not guilty” of the accusations of premeditated murder and kidnapping and destruction of documentation Edwin Arrieta. If that has admitted that he dismembered and hid the body. The son of the popular actor, who has shaved hair, has gone to court dressed in an orange prisoner’s uniform.
The protagonist of Isabel o The Ministry of Time, for his part, arrived at the Court calm and confident: “I’m very well, thank you, I’m really looking forward to it,” he noted with a surprising smile upon entering the Samui courts. He has also confirmed that he has been able to speak with Daniel in recent days and has made it clear that he trusts his son’s version that he did not premeditately murder Arrieta: “Of course not. If not, there wouldn’t have been a fight, right?” “Look at the laws.”
Upon leaving the courthouse, Rodolfo Sancho tried to show the same calm and positivity, although he did not give any details of what happened inside: “You know everything, man,” he joked with a fellow reporter, with a certain tone. haughty.
At the hearing, the prosecutor in the case read the charges attributed to the young man: premeditated murder, concealment of the body and destruction of other people’s documentation. After a few weeks of uncertainty and many doubts about what the young man would declare, Daniel has denied the premeditated murder of the Colombian, as well as having his passport disappear. However, after stating that Arrieta’s death was an accident, he did He has admitted that he dismembered and hid the body. This statement is part of a defense strategy to try to get away from the idea of premeditation, which would mean death penalty or life imprisonment. Silvia Bronchalo’s son was accompanied for the first time by an interpreter who translated the conversation from Thai to Spanish and vice versa.
There is still no date for the trial but it is expected to start between February and April 2024. Before that, the young man will have to testify again. All evidence will also be examined.