Things get complicated for the son of Rodolfo Sanchowho is serving a sentence in Surat Thani prison, Bangkok, since he was accused of murdering the Colombian surgeon on August 28 Edwin Arrieta and dismember his body to hide it on the island of Koh Samui. The maximum sentence was imposed but it was commuted to a life sentence thanks to his collaboration with justice, in addition to compensation for the family of 106,000 euros. Now, the Arrietas have filed an appeal in the Court of Thailand to request a review of both.
In the brief, signed by the Spanish lawyer Juango Ospina, who defends the Arrietas, the Court of Appeals is requested to review the first instance ruling and “declare the accused guilty under article 289(4) of the Penal Code, which establishes the only applicable penalty as the death penalty.” The lawyer has explained in Okdiario that the text is a mere formality and that the Arrietas “do not want the death penalty for Daniel” but rather a life sentence that ensures his maximum time in a Thai prison. “What we have come to request in the appeal is that the sentence imposed on Daniel Sancho in the appeal be the maximum sentence and then be commuted to life imprisonment so that he can serve the greatest number of years in a prison in Thailand. “.
The reason for the appeal is none other than the financial ruin of the Arrieta family, whom the Sanchos have not yet compensated with a single euro despite the fact that Edwin was the financial support of all of them: “Still a year after the trial, Daniel Sancho’s family has not been financially compensated or reciprocated for the damage caused”Ospina said. “The appeal that has been filed discusses civil liability since they understand that it has been very reduced and limited and not in accordance with reality and the economic damage that the Arrieta family has suffered.” In this way, the Arrietas’ appeal not only requests the death penalty for Daniel Sancho (which was already imposed on him in the Court of Koh Samui) but also an increase in the compensation that was established and that triples the original: 106,000 euros to 310,000 euros. According to Ospina, the family is on the brink of financial ruin. However, it must be remembered that Daniel Sancho’s defense appealed the First Instance ruling, so since it is not final, the accused still has no obligation to compensate the Arrietas.
The strategy of the lawyers and Rodolfo Sancho
Meanwhile, the defense of the Madrid chef continues working on its own appeal. The team formed by Carmen Balfagón, Ramón Chipirrás, Marcos García-Montes and the convicted man’s Thai lawyer try to collect new evidence to prove that the murder was not premeditated and thus achieve a reduction in the sentence. After a first postponement of the delivery, on November 29, the judge granted them a second date, December 29, to formalize the appeal. The main objective of the defense is to try to achieve a favorable situation for their possible transfer to Spain, when it is possible that repatriation is put on the table.
On the other hand, Daniel’s father, Rodolfo Sancho, is also working on a parallel strategy in order to obtain the money necessary to continue defending his son. As Informalia advanced, The actor’s legal team intends to file a macro-lawsuit against practically all the Spanish media that have echoed what has been happening in Thailand with Daniel Sancho, alleging that the young man, despite being the son of a renowned Spanish actor and grandson of Sancho Gracia, he was not a public figure at the time the news broke and, therefore, they consider that the information should have been treated differently, for example, without identifying him.
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