The young man Daniel Sancho, accused murderer of Colombian Edwin Arrieta, is getting ready to go to trial in Thailand. The hearings against the Spaniard will begin nine months after the crime that occurred when both were on vacation on the island.
The Thai Police, in charge of the first stage of investigation of the case, at the time presented a shirt with tears to support that Arrieta had been stabbed. In parallel, a forensic report, now revealed by Spanish media, casts doubt on this attack.
In a massive press conference, the Thai Police reconstructed each of Sancho's movements. On August 2 and 3, he was captured by security videos leaving the hotel where he was with Arrieta. He was carrying several suitcases and was seen on different occasions.
Daniel Sancho, escorted by Thai police in the port of Koh Samui island, Thailand.
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We understand that it is not an accident, it is a murder
According to the authorities, he was transporting the body of the Colombian doctor and his personal belongings to throw them in a landfill and into the sea. Bags with Arrieta's clothes were also found; one of the clothes was a black t-shirt that Surachate Hakparn, deputy director of the Thai Police, known as 'Big Joke', exhibited before the media cameras.
“There was a fight and then Daniel stabbed Edwin, who hit his head on the sink. (…) We have seen that there are stab marks on the shirt. Because of this, we understand that it is not an accident, it is a murder,” she said when showing the photo of the surgeon's garment.
Edwin Arrieta t-shirt.
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The forensic report on Edwin Arrieta's shirt
A report from the Thailand Forensic Science Center, accessed by the program Open casefrom the media conglomerate Prensa Ibérica, I would not have found a way to ensure that the shirt had marks of stab wounds caused by the knives that Sancho bought in a supermarket before meeting Arrieta.
“It cannot be determined that any of those knives were used to cut Arrieta's shirt. Much less that they were the cause of one or several stab wounds to the Colombian surgeon's heart,” he stated. Open case when analyzing the report.
The report, according to the aforementioned media, dates from September 12, 2023. However, the Thai Police had shared their investigations into the garment on August 16.
Daniel Sancho in the supermarket buying knives and a saw.
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Daniel Sancho, accused of premeditated murder
The trial against Sancho, son of the renowned actor Rodolfo Sancho, will take place between April 9 and May 3, 2024. The Prosecutor's Office accuses him of three crimes: premeditated murder, destruction of other people's documentation and damaging and making parts of the victim's body disappear.for which he is exposed to the death penalty.
It is expected that in the hearings each of the authorities' reports, disclosed by the European press, will be analyzed, as well as the evidence with which the young man's lawyers want to deny the Prosecutor's Office and demonstrate that, for them, it was not a murder. planned, but an “accident.”
Edwin Arrieta and Daniel Sancho.
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There will be more than 50 pieces of evidence. In addition, the Prosecutor's Office will bring 28 witnesses, while the Spaniard's defense will come with 27. However, these numbers can still increase.
“Edwin Arrieta's parents and other relatives still cry and will cry. (…) The family trusts in Thai justice and that this murder will not go unpunished,” said Adriana Behaine, lawyer for the victim's family.
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