Daniel Sancho (30 years old) was sentenced this Thursday, August 29 to life sentence in Thailand for the murder of the Colombian Edwin Arrieta. Although the leader had said in recent hours that he was prepared for “the best and the worst”, he finally accepted this sentence. between tears.
That’s what the magazine says Week. the son of Rodolfo Sancho (49) “He shed many tears” after reading the judgment, because he did not believe in the resolution. Neither did the mother of the young Spaniard, Silvia Bronchalo (49 years old), present at the hearing in Koh Samui, was able to avoid the emotion. The mother and son are “dejected.”
The only one to have maintained the courage was Rodolfo Sancho, who declared at the gates of the trial that “they will continue to fight“. In another order of things, according to EFE, Daniel Sancho, broken and defeated, asked the judge stay in Thai prison in Samuiwhere he has been since last year.
[Daniel Sancho, condenado a cadena perpetua por asesinar y descuartizar a Edwin Arrieta]
Rodolfo Sancho with his ex-wife, Silvia Bronchalo, in a photomontage by EL ESPAÑOL.
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However, the magistrate indicated that The law does not allow this possibility. and that the decision does not depend on him. Sancho asked to remain in the same penitentiary center after hearing the decision of the magistrate of the Samui Provincial Courtwho found him guilty of the premeditated murder of Arrieta on August 2, 2023 on the neighboring island of Phangan.
After delivering the judgment, which found Sancho guilty of the three crimes which the prosecution had accused him of – premeditated murder, concealment of the body and theft of documents belonging to others – the judge asked if there was any doubt, after which the Spaniard insisted in English to the magistrate who had acted “in self-defense“.
The life sentence was at a reduced price of the death penalty for his collaboration with justice and for the work of the defense during the trial, according to sources.
Then the prisoner, who had only declared guilty of hiding the bodyfor the dismemberment of Arrieta, embraced his parents, present in the room, the actor Rodolfo Sancho and the investment analyst Silvia Bronchalo, upon hearing the sentence.
Rodolfo Sancho, entering the Koh Samui court, this Thursday, August 29.
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The judge, who has been handling the case since the beginning and whose identity has not been made public, said that “the law does not allow“the transfer of the prison, and that the decision did not depend on him in any case. As reported this Thursday 29 to EFE from the prison of Samui, Sancho has already returned to this prison for the moment, which “It only allows for the accommodation of prisoners sentenced to terms of up to 15 years.. Otherwise, it must be transferred.”
“We are waiting for the transfer order, which has not yet arrived.“, they assured, adding that they do not know to which prison in the country he could be sent or when, although it is expected to be imminent.
Sancho could be transferred to prison Surat Thania province to which Samui belongs, with more security and with about ten times more prisoners – 5,400 against 542, according to the prison department.
The hearing began at around 10am local time (0300 GMT) and lasted about an hour and a quarter, with the judge reading out the sentence for an hour in Thai.
Alice KeartjareanlapThe trusted legal advisor of the condemned man’s father, actor Rodolfo Sancho, was in charge of translating Daniel Sancho’s sentence, as EFE has learned.
30 years old and also the actor’s grandson. Sancho GraceDaniel Sancho was virtually unknown until the crime for which he was convicted today came to light last year. He was training to be a chef and working in public relations when he met Edwin Arrieta, a 44-year-old Colombian plastic surgeon, via social media, a few months before they met in Phangan on the day of the incident.
