They said that Daniel Sancho He had wedding plans with his ex-girlfriend Laura before dismembering the Colombian doctor Edwin Arrieta. It was a lie. The son of Rodolfo Sancho had broken up with her and had even started a relationship with another young woman named Alba. The grandson of Sancho Gracia He spent a few days in Ibiza and Formentera with a group and there he came across this “new illusion”, as confirmed to Informalia by one of the friends present on that trip, who has agreed to speak in exchange that we keep your identity secret. This source, who has not made any statements until now, begins by clarifying that “many lies have been told” regarding Daniel’s “personal life”, but that he has “no idea” about the part that refers to the event and the subsequent trial beyond what has been published in the media.
Daniel’s friend, who has known his father and grandmother Noela “for many years” and who was a friend of Laura, the ex-girlfriend of the son of actor Rodolfo Sancho and Silvia Bronchalo, limits himself to explaining details of his life before the moment that changed the young man’s life. “He maintains that he is not guilty,” he reminds us. Indeed: “I am convinced that I will be acquitted because it will be proven that it was self-defense,” Daniel said in an interview with the EFE agency. “I was very impressed by the few images I have seen of him: inside the penitentiary or in one of the vehicles that transported him, we saw that he has shaved hair and is wearing an orange prison uniform: “Daniel’s favorite color,” he tells us, remembering that “he had an orange Jeep Renegade.”
Apart from his first steps as a chef or “rather, a gastronomic influencer”, as his friend refers to him, Daniel Sancho became a massive media sensation a year ago. Around this time, he and Edwin Arrieta travelled to Thailand. The Colombian surgeon arrived at the port of the island of Ko Pha Ngan, where the Spaniard picked him up on a motorbike. Security cameras captured the moment when Sancho drove his victim to a bungalow where he ended his life. The grandson of ‘Curro Jiménez’ dismembered the body by throwing limbs into the sea, renting a kayak, and other parts to the island’s landfill, where parts of a corpse were found shortly after. These were the first clues that led the Thai police to Daniel Sancho, who was arrested and has remained in prison ever since. Almost 12 months after the incident became known, Arrieta’s defence states in the closing statement that Daniel Sancho and the Colombian had been in a relationship for years. The court provides details of a trip to Madrid by the surgeon, during which he gave the Spaniard more than 10,000 euros to buy a restaurant. “The accused had met the deceased and lived with the deceased,” says the document presented by Arrieta’s defense. His lawyers speak of a “romantic relationship,” claiming that Edwin Arrieta sent love messages and that Daniel Sancho sent him photographs without clothes. It is clear that the surgeon died in the room due to the blows inflicted by the Spaniard. But there are versions that could mean the life or death of the present murderer.
Seen for sentencing
The case was tried in the Koh Samui court and the proceedings have been settled. seen for sentencing The verdict will be announced on August 29 when the verdict is made public. The court has asked the parties and the prosecution to prepare a document with the final conclusions after the trial. Daniel Sancho’s defense has provided 31 pages in which they maintain that their client did not kill Edwin Arrieta with premeditation. On the contrary: the lawyers hired by Rodolfo Sancho to save the life of his son (who could be sentenced to death) maintain that the Colombian doctor died after a blow during a fight with the Spaniard and that Daniel Sancho acted in self-defense.
The researchers leaked to the media that Daniel was expecting a visit from a friend and that she was going to marry someone else in Indonesia, and that this was the reason that could have precipitated the argument with Edwin Arrieta that ended the life of the Colombian surgeon. But they did not say that they were referring to Laura, as some media have assumed. “It was not Laura but neither was it Alba. She was not going to get married, as far as anyone in her circle knew a few days before leaving for Thailand,” they explain to us. “Laura, who belongs to a wealthy family, had broken up with him months ago after ‘half living together’ in Daniel’s flat in the Clara del Rey area and trying but with several crises,” they tell us. Laura, belonging to a wealthy family with luxury car dealerships of a German brand, was said to be locked up in the family house in Navacerrada. “It’s another lie: they were not going to get married nor did she lock herself away. Just when that was said on an Antena 3 programme at the end of September, I met her at a music festival and she had a good time with some friends.” Certainly, Laura went to The Garden of Earthly Delights, where he enjoyed the performances of Ancient Morla o Damn nerea, among other groups. “It is true that both Laura and her mother have taken extreme precautions and legal means, such as warnings and calls to some media outlets, to avoid at all costs that the identity of the ex was revealed, but she neither locked herself away nor was she with Daniel,” she insists. “She was in shock when she found out, like everyone else, and then there was the thing about his messages from there and all that, because they spoke to each other, but they were not together and of course they were not going to get married,” the source repeats to us. “Laura, As far as possible, he continues with his normal life, living with his mother. in the area of Paseo de la Habana, near one of the family business’s dealerships. There was also talk of an alleged friendship between Laura and Froilán, but that is false.”
“I have spoken to his grandmother, though, whom I know because I have been to her house many times, a gigantic apartment in the Arturo Soria area.” “Daniel didn’t see his mother very often,” he explains. Silvia Bronchalo had a run-in with her ex because she didn’t want Marcos García Montes, Rodolfo’s choice and Daniel’s final acceptance, as her lawyer. She filed a complaint against the actor for harassment but the case was dismissed. But Daniel did deal with his Uruguayan grandmother, Noela, the widow of Sancho Gracia and Rodolfo Sancho’s mother, almost daily: “She is broken, shattered. She is a very tough woman despite her age but this is too much. She is without a doubt, along with her parents, the person who has suffered and is suffering the most with this family tragedy,” explains Daniel’s friend. “I am referring to Daniel’s family, and I say this with all due respect to the Colombian doctor’s family,” he points out. “Noela is a second mother to him.” He explains that he saw her “at least once a week” and that “they had gastronomic feasts of the highest level,” he adds. “Daniel easily spent 3,000 euros a month just on eating well. He was passionate about good restaurants, but star-rated places, and often went to eat with his grandmother, often paying bills of 300 euros and upwards.” Daniel’s friend reiterates that “Daniel’s true hobbies were cooking, but more eating than cooking, sport, a lot of it.” gym and the Muay Thai, going to the movies, traveling and partying a bit, but not excessively,” he says. “It is true that he was a bit of a jerk with the doormen of some establishments and had some altercations, but he was almost always polite and empathetic.” It is true that he really likes girls and since he is tall and handsome, well…” he tries to explain.
Sancho told the Thai police that he had a girlfriend. And the investigators leaked it to finish fitting his story. “Many thought he was referring to Laura, the person with whom he shared a relationship of almost five years, but with whom he had broken up weeks before the crime. It was she who ended the relationship, although they remained friends and messaged each other,” he clarifies. Now we know that he had not only broken up with her but was starting another relationship with Alba, a young woman he met in Ibiza and Formentera at the end of July, before travelling to Thailand. It was also said that Laura was going to travel to Thailand, but this is denied by Daniel’s ex’s entourage, as are the alleged wedding plans. It is not ruled out that before the murder, Alba was the person who had planned to meet Daniel there again after meeting the chef in Formentera and Ibiza, where Rodolfo Sancho’s son went with a group of friends before setting off on a trip to Thailand, supposedly to improve his Muay Thai level.
Arrieta’s defense asks for life imprisonment for Daniel Sancho in the final report and maintains that the alleged murderer “wanted to kill him.” No one knows for sure what will happen until at least August 29, when the Koh Samui Court’s sentence is expected to be made public. However, the possibilities range from the death penalty or life imprisonment to a decade and a half in prison,” predicted the expert in events Manuel Marlasca, as he revealed to this digital in an interview: “He will be sentenced to 15 or 20 years in prison”he calculated, “but in six months no one will care or remember him,” the journalist and writer pointed out.
At the moment, we know that The Prosecutor’s Office has ruled out presenting a final report and maintains the three charges against Daniel, highlighting the evidence provided during the trial of the case. For its part, Edwin Arrieta’s defense has asked that Daniel Sancho be convicted of premeditated murder, which, if confirmed by the court, could result in a sentence ranging from death to life imprisonment, and that the family be compensated with almost 800,000 euros, as requested in an 11-page document. Criminal lawyer Juan Gonzalo Ospina, hired by the victim’s family, argues in his conclusions that the Spanish chef acted with premeditation. “In August 2023, at around 16:00 – 16:30 hours, while the defendant was sitting on the bed in the hotel room, the defendant spoke to the assailant to end the relationship. The deceased refused and attempted to ask permission to have sexual intercourse with the defendant, but the defendant refused. The defendant then stood up and used his left hand to punch the deceased in the face with force causing the deceased to fall backwards and hit his head hard on the edge of the sink causing his head to bleed, but not yet unconscious. The deceased then grabbed the defendant’s arm and bit him hard once and attempted to fight off the defendant, but the defendant grabbed the deceased, lifted him up and slammed him against the edge of the sink with such force that it caused the death of the deceased,” they state, according to what is reported Ok Diary. ““He lost consciousness and blood was running all over the bathroom floor. The accused received an electric shock and was left for about an hour until it was certain that the deceased was dead. The accused then dragged the body of the deceased to be dismembered, therefore, from the facts it can be seen that the accused intended to kill the deceased intentionally,” the document reads.
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