The Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho (49 years old) visited his son this Friday morning, August 30. Daniel Sancho (30 years old), in Samui prison, located in southern Thailand, where he returned after being sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment. The sentence handed down by the Thai court condemns him for the premeditated murder of the Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta.
The interpreter arrived at the prison at around 9:45 a.m. local time (02:45 GMT), accompanied by part of his legal team in Spain, the criminologists Ramon Chipirras And Carmen Balfagonwhile some television crews waited at the prison gates.
Such Rodolfo Sancho as the mother of the condemned, the investment analyst Silvia Bronchaloaccompanied their son on Thursday as the verdict was read out at the Samui Provincial Court, which handed down the life sentence for Arrieta’s premeditated murder on Aug. 2, 2023, on the neighboring island of Phangan.
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Silvia Bronchalo He went to Samui Prison on Thursday to see his son after the verdict, located in a quiet area of the island near the court. The actor Leaving class either The Ministry of Time He made no statement upon entering the prison and on Thursday, after learning of the sentence, He limited himself to telling the many media waiting at the doors of the court where the closed hearing was taking place that they would continue to “fight”..
“Always keep fighting, keep fighting,” he said. For their part, their Spanish legal advisers argued that They will appeal the decision, and may appeal to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. from the Southeast Asian country.
Two appeal scenarios
“We have to continue the game. We will appeal the sentence (…) We have two resources in front of us and we have to exhaust them,” he said. Carmen Balfagon before the Samui court after the sentence was announced.
The Thai courts have two appeals, one to an appeals court and one to the Supreme Court, before issuing the final sentence. The lawyer said he “respects” the court’s decision. that he based his decision on the police investigation, but that he did not expect a life sentence.
For his part, the lawyer Marcos Garcia-Montes clarified that they had not yet had access to the judgment, which is why they still have to “study” its contents before submitting their appeal.
“Our (defense) argument is very strong“We respect the court’s decision, but we still have a long way to go,” stressed the lawyer, who, like Bafalgonwas unable to enter the room during the reading of the sentence. García-Montes also stressed that the presiding judge highlighted during the reading the “good work” of the defense of Daniel during the trialwho argued that Arrieta’s death occurred accidentally during a fight.
The judge found Daniel Sancho guilty of all three crimes of which the prosecution accused him: premeditated murder, body concealment -for the dismemberment of Arrieta- and theft of other people’s documentsby the passport of the Colombian surgeon,
Sancho had only accepted his guilt responsible for the dismemberment of Arrieta, whose remains were found in various locations on the island of Phangan, near Samui, a few days after his death on August 2, 2023. The judge also sentenced Daniel Sancho pay compensation to the family of four million bats of Arrieta (nearly 119,000 dollars or approximately 107,000 euros)
