Second day of Daniel Sancho in the Koh Samui prison, on the island of Koh Phangan. This Monday, the son of actor Rodolfo Sancho He entered the prison to serve provisional prison decreed by the Thai authorities pending trial for the murder of 44-year-old Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta. In the last hours, the press of the Asian country has published the last words of the young man before losing his freedom and in which he apologizes for what happened.
Sancho, who is complying with the ten days of isolation set forth in the prison’s anti-COVID-19 protocol, said the following on his way to jail: “I am very sorry, I am very sorry that this happened in Thailand.” A few words that he pronounced looking fixedly at a reporter, with a very calm face and tone, as has been his custom ever since he confessed to this heinous crime.
Your relationship with the victim
In statements published by the ‘Bangkok Post’ newspaper, Daniel Sancho acknowledges that had sexual intercourse with Edwin Arrieta in life. The 29-year-old says that he met the Colombian a little over a year ago thanks to social media. It was the surgeon who contacted him. At first, they talked on the phone and exchanged intimate images until they met face to face.
Rodolfo Sancho’s son also says that Edwin Arrieta threatened him with disseminating this sensitive content. “to shake the reputation of his family”. In order for this not to happen, Daniel would have planned and executed the crime. “I am guilty, but I was the hostage. Every time I tried to get away from him, he threatened me.”he acknowledged in his statement.
Likewise, the surgeon gave him up to 10,000 euros for the young chef to set up his first restaurant in Spain. And not only that, Edwin Arrieta also provided him with a credit card that Daniel Sancho used in Thailand.
Daniel Sancho’s request
Daniel Sancho not only apologized shortly before going to jail but also launched a serious request: to return to our country. “I want to return to Spain, move heaven and earth. Keep up the media coverage,” she expressed. And it is that the defendant wants to serve his sentence in a prison in Spain, far from the “precarious” prisons in Thailand. For their part, the victim’s family asks from Colombia that the young man receive the maximum sentence and, of course, that he complete it in its entirety in the country where the murder occurred.
