Daniel Sancho will be transferred to prison Surat ThaniThis is what he himself indicated to the Efe agency and confirmed at the Samui prison, where the young Spaniard is being held, sentenced this week to life sentence for the premeditated murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta.
During a visit to Samui prison on Friday, Sancho told the aforementioned agency that they would transfer him to Surat Thani prison. “immediate”The prison itself informed Efe that the transfer of the prisoner would be done first by armoured van and then by boat, because Surat Thani Prison is located on the mainlandabout 100 kilometers away.
Samui Prison, where Sancho has been held since he was arraigned on August 7, 2023, five days after the crime, is processing the request and has indicated that the time of his transfer is confidential. With his transfer to Surat Thani, the cook avoids the so-called ‘The big tiger‘, located in Bangkok and considered one of the most dangerous prisons in the world.
On Thursday, the sentence by which the Thai justice system condemned Daniel Sancho to life sentence for the premeditated murder of Edwin Arrieta on August 2, 2023, and for the two other crimes he is accused of: concealment of the body and destruction of documents belonging to others. In addition, he was ordered to pay compensation of 107,000 euros to the victim’s family.
The court said the sentence was reduced from death penalty to life imprisonment for the collaboration defendants, whose lawyers have however made progress since then will have recoursethe court’s decision.
