2024-09-13 09:34:25
Spaniard Daniel Sancho was sentenced to life in prison in Thailand after the court rejected the death penalty for having cooperated in the investigation.
The collaboration provided by the Spaniard Daniel Sancho during the investigation of the murder of the Colombian doctor Edwin Arrieta in Thailand He was saved from the death penalty, for which he received a life sentence.
This was decided by the judge of the Samui Provincial Court after the trial held for the murder and dismemberment of who at that time was the Hispanic’s partner.
After the verdict was announced, the prosecution was satisfied that the defendant had been found guilty of the three charges he had brought: murder, dismemberment and theft of the victim’s passport.
The crime of Daniel Sancho that earned him a life sentence in Thailand
The murder of Colombian doctor Edwin Arrieta occurred on August 2, 2023 on the island of Phangan, where he was enjoying his holidays with Sancho. The young man, son of a famous Spanish actor, confessed to the murder three days later.
According to what he assured the Thai authorities, the Colombian plastic surgeon forced him to “do things he would never have done”although the local police assured that the real motive of the crime “It was jealousy“.
According to what was revealed during the judicial process, the day before murdering his partner, Daniel Sancho bought a saw, knives, detergent and other utensils at a local store.
On Wednesday, August 2, the couple went to a beach and that was the last time the South American doctor was seen alive. The next day, Daniel Sancho reported Arrieta missing, after which an investigation was launched, and On Thursday 4th the Spaniard was questioned by the police as a suspect.
A couple of days later, on Saturday, August 5, Sancho confessed to the police that he was the author of the murder of the Colombian doctor. On this occasion, he detailed the way in which he dismembered her body, He put it in garbage bags and disposed of them both in landfills and in the sea..
Finally, on August 29, a Thai court sentenced the Spanish citizen to spend the rest of his life behind bars for the crime of Arrieta.