This Monday, November 13, Daniel Sancho leave the Koh Samui prison for a few hours to appear in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at a new oral hearing with the judge. There, the accused will learn the three charges of which the Thai Prosecutor’s Office accuses him: premeditation of the crime, concealment of the corpse and destruction of documentation. The accused must accept them or not, although the latest information coming from the Asian country suggests that he will not recognize them.
And it is that The new strategy for the defense of Rodolfo Sancho’s son involves fleeing from premeditation, an aggravating circumstance that in Thailand is punishable by the death penalty, as stated in article 289.4 of its Penal Code. However, it is not easy at all. The Prosecutor’s Office does not believe in the considerations of the young man’s lawyer in which it is stated that he acquired the knives and saw used in the crime for a sole gastronomic purpose given his great passion for cooking.
The forensic psychiatrist José Carlos Fuertes analyzes this issue in laSexta. His skill with knives and cutting certain elements is more than proven., he begins by saying on television. Likewise, he considers that it is possible to dismember a person in three hours or even less time and insists that it was absolutely necessary to make a very detailed forensic psychiatric and psychological report.
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It is being assumed that he has killed in his right mind, he adds. In addition, he questions the processes carried out by the Thai police in the hours after the macabre crime and which are key in any investigation: It has been assumed that there were no drugs involved.
How long did it take to collect the sample? Have the legal guarantees been covered? Has an adequate chain of custody been stipulated for that sample that establishes that no type of substance was taken?, he says. Jos Carlos Fuertes insists that if the sample was taken after 48 hours, They could have passed a lot of substances that will not appear in blood or urine.
The Arrieta family’s lawyer speaks
On the occasion of the imminent appearance of Daniel Sancho before the Samui judge, the lawyer for Edwin Arrieta’s family has offered new statements to the Telecinco program Vamos a ver. In the space hosted by Joaqun Prat, Gonzalo Ospina highlights that In Thailand they are very protective of the image and, in principle, on Monday there will be no cameras showing Sancho in the orange jumpsuit and shackles.. In addition, he anticipates that the trial could be held in March 2024.
