Trial begins in Thailand against Daniel Sancho, accused of murdering Edwin Arrieta

The trial against the young Spaniard Daniel Sanchoaccused of the premeditated murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrietabegan this Tuesday in the court on the island of Samui (South of Thailand), eight months after the alleged crime occurred.

The oral trial began at around 9:45 am local time (GMT+7) at the provincial court in Samuiwhere dozens of media outlets traveled, and it is expected that in the first session all parties will make initial statements and testify four witnesses from the Public Prosecutor’s Office who coincided with Sancho on the neighboring island of Phanganlocation of the alleged crime on August 2.

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The people who intend to testify today are a woman who found the first remains of the deceased in a landfill in Phangan, the one who rented a motorbike from Sancho on the island and the managers of the two hotels in Phangan where the accused stayed, one of which the alleged murder occurred.

In addition to your own Daniel Sancho29 years old and son of the Spanish actor Rodolfo Sanchowhich gave the case great media interest from the beginning, his father is attending the trial today, in a hearing to which EFE had access.

The young man is represented by the Thai public defender Aprichat Srinueland the defense will argue during the trial that Arrieta’s death was due to an accident during a fight, in which Sancho acted in self-defense.

In turn, the prosecutor responsible for the case, Jeerawat Sawatdichaiwill try to prove that it was a premeditated murder, and accuse Sancho of this and two other crimes, that of hiding the body and destroying other people’s documentation, on account of the Colombian’s passport.

Family lawyers Edwin Arrieta in Spain, Juan Gonzalo Ospina It is Beatriz Uriartefrom the Ospina Abogados office, which in a press conference held the day before in Samui stated that “the facts speak for themselves” and showed their confidence in the investigation of the Thai Policequestioned by the defense.

Sancho, who initially confessed to the crime at the Phangan police station, later pleaded before the judge in the preliminary phase of the trial not guilty of premeditated murder, although he accepted the charge of hiding the body, which was dismembered and spread across various locations in Phangan. ., among them the sea.

The judge is expected to confirm today the calendar of witnesses that both parties will present during the trial, which should be around fifty, in a process that will initially have 16 sessions and will run until May 3rd.

According to the court’s preliminary calendar to which EFE had access, the prosecution witnesses, mostly police officers and experts, will testify between today and April 19.

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Defense witnesses will appear from April 25th, the date on which Sancho himself and his father will appear, until May 3rd, the date on which the defendant will be able to give final statements.

Arrieta’s parents, Ana Marcela Arteaga It is Leovaldo José Arrietawill definitely not testify at the trial, as the court rejected their request to do so via videoconference, as the septuagenarian couple had requested due to the difficulty of traveling to Thailand in Colombia.

Sancho and Arrieta met in 2022 through Instagram due to their common interest in gastronomy and have already seen each other several times in Spain before the meeting in Phangan.

Source: Elcomercio

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