The lawyer of the Arrieta family, Juango Ospina, valued the sentence of life imprisonment and the obligation to pay a civil liability of 110,000 euros, imposed by Daniel Sancho. Just as he assured that thanks to the resolution of the Thai court, the family will be able to “try to have a fight properly for Edwin’s death.
Regarding the possible financial aid that Daniel Sancho could receive, the lawyer said that “they do not know that he receives it”, what is certain is that the convict “He didn’t ask for forgiveness to the Arrieta family and shows no remorse for the atrocious crime for which he was convicted.
At the same time, he argued that the idea of seizing Sancho’s accounts “was a proposal from the court of Koh Samui”. Who “enlightened” them because they were “surprised” by the fact that Sancho “had not shown any gesture of humanity” and that, in the case of the seizure of the accounts, “perhaps the possibility of pay reparations to the Arrieta family.
On the other hand, Ospina indicated that the family received the verdict with “relief” and he related the time when he told them: “I called them as soon as the sentence was known and I said to them ‘Darlin (Edwin’s sister) sentenced to life’ and started crying of enthusiasm and satisfaction. Because nobody is going to give Edwin back, but at least do not go unpunished, which was a great fear for the Arrieta family.
Furthermore, it has been demonstrated “satisfied” both personally and professionally.
As for whether the convict received a poor defense, the Arrieta family’s lawyer argued that “at the beginning he had the right lucky to have thai lawyers who advised him to admit the crime and cooperate with the police, which allowed the court to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. Because otherwise the sentence for Daniel Sancho would be the death penalty, the capital punishment.”
He also added that “it is very important to understand the legal framework of Eastern countries and we must understand their particularities. we could be with another defense it would have been more appropriate and in line with the parameters of Thailand. And not to come and deny the greatest, with a sometimes improbable line, which sometimes The Arrieta family’s pain grew, when it was learned that Daniel was trying to repel an attack, or that an attempt was made to bring witnesses to speak against Edwin”
As for whether they had accepted a sentence less than life in prison, Ospina said that if Sancho “had called to ask for sincere and honest forgiveness from the Arrieta family; Arrieta family, we would have started let the legal teams work on it.”
