2023-10-25 09:25:00
Daniel Sancho, arrested by Thai police SOME RUKSAMAN | EFE
The report was delivered today to the court in Samui, southern Thailand.
25 oct 2023 . Updated at 10:22 a.m.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Samui (southern Thailand) delivered a report to the court this Wednesday in which it accuses the Spaniard Daniel Sancho of premeditated murder and concealment of the body of Colombian Edwin Arrieta, the same charges considered by the Police in their investigation of the case.
The report was delivered today to the Samui court, as sources from the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to EFE, which had until October 29 to conclude it.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Samui (southern Thailand) delivered a report to the court this Wednesday in which it accuses the Spaniard Daniel Sancho of premeditated murder and concealment of the body of Colombian Edwin Arrieta, the same charges considered by the Police in their investigation of the case.
The report was delivered today to the Samui court, as sources from the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to Efe, who had until October 29 to conclude it.
Daniel Sancho collapses when he sees the refrigerator where he put the dismembered corpse of Edwin Arrieta
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The Samui court assured Efe that the Prosecutor’s Office maintains the same charges against Sancho of premeditated murder and concealment of the body previously established by the police. The charges will be read to Sancho by the Prosecutor’s Office at a hearing in the court on the island of Samui on Thursday, in which the Spaniard will be present. In the event that Sanchono has hired a private lawyer, the judge will assign him one ex officio tomorrow, according to They told Efe from the court.
The Spaniard, 29 years old, In principle he does not have a lawyer in Thailand -where he can only be defended by a Thai lawyer- since September 7, after the Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho, father of the accused, dispensed with the services of the Thai lawyer Anan Chuayprabat due to discrepancies in the defense.
SanchoHe has been in provisional detention in Samui prison since August 7, after he was detained two days earlier on the neighboring island of Phangan.after confessing to the murder and dismemberment of the Colombian surgeon, whose remains were scattered across the island and the sea.
The Penal Code of Thailand provides for death penalty for crimes such as premeditated murder, but, if issued, this is usually later commuted to life imprisonment. On the other hand, the confession and cooperation of the accused can help significantly reduce the sentenceas the judge himself reminded Sancho on August 7, when he was brought to judicial disposal. The police delivered their report to the Prosecutor’s Office on October 3, after two months of investigation into the alleged crime, which took place on August 2 in Phangan.
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