2023-11-14 12:17:43
Daniel Sancho declared himself this Monday not guilty of premeditated murder of the Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta in Thailand. The Spanish chef – 29 years old – maintains that the victim died on August 2 accidentally, during a fight, in a hotel on the island of Koh Phangan. Something that explains the repeated changes of lawyer that the accused has requested in the Asian country.
He did it again yesterday, during the hearing, in which resigned from the public defender which was assigned to him on October 26 (Krit Sudthanom), when he appeared before the court without a private lawyer. Everything indicates that he did not agree with Daniel rejecting two of the three charges against him (he also denied having destroyed his passport). He only accepted the one related to dismemberment and concealment of the corpse.
The first of the lawyer changes took place in September. The young man decided to dispense with the services of Kunh Anan, who until then had represented his interests in Thailand. Carmen Balfagonlawyer for his father -Rodolfo Sancho- and spokesperson for the family in Spain along with Ramón Chippirrás, already told us then that they wanted “establish a new line of defense”.
It was predictable
In view of the events, the strategy that his lawyers are going to follow is clear. The Rodolfo Sancho himself pointed out before entering the hearing, to questions from journalists. The actor assured that there could be no premeditation because – if that had been the case – “there would have been no fight”. Minutes later it was Daniel himself who defended that theory before the judge, shaved and wearing an orange prison uniform.
This position has not surprised the family of Edwin Arrieta, who will be present at the young Spaniard’s trial and will support the Prosecutor’s accusation. “What we experienced today in Thailand It was the most predictable scenario part of the defense strategy,” said his lawyer in Spain, Juan Gonzalo Ospina, in statements to Digital Freedom. “Now we stand at the end of this month, when a new hearing will be held judicial as a preliminary step to the trial, which will take place between February and April 2024″.
From their law firm they are “satisfied with the pace of the process and with the position of the Prosecutor’s Office, which since the end of October They maintain in their report that the crime was committed with premeditationboth the murder and the subsequent dismemberment.” However, Ospina recognizes that “Daniel Sancho has the right not to accept the charges” of the Public Ministry.
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What saddens him is that “the family of the murdered person is forced to relive during these months a particularly difficult circumstance.” “As we pointed out in last Friday’s press conference, they are not looking for revenge. They seek to bring down the entire rule of law on Daniel Sancho. And that is the task that we have been entrusted with at Ospina Abogados,” he says.
Likewise, the firm confirms that the lawyer who represents the interests of the victim in Thailand will request the maximum punishment, which translates into the death penalty. “The Arrieta family has strong Christian convictions and does not seek revenge, but this does not exempt them from wanting the accused to serve the maximum sentence in accordance with Thai laws,” they explain to us.
At Ospina Abogados they have full confidence in the actions carried out by Juslaws. “The firm chosen in Thailand is made up of great professionals,” they say. Those in charge of Edwin Arrieta’s case are the Thai Yothana Promsin and the French Julien Iwanicki. “We are closely coordinated between Thailand, Spain and Colombia”.
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