Daniel Sancho sat before the Samui magistrate this Monday for a new oral hearing, in which he learned the charges of which he is accused: premeditated murder, concealment of the body and destruction of other people’s documentation. He only accepted two of the three crimes. The cook, who has been in provisional prison since last August 7 for ending the life of Edwin Arrieta, pleaded not guilty to the first offense (premeditated murder), since the death of the Colombian surgeon was due to an accident.
Yesterday’s hearing was scheduled to take place on October 26thbut it was postponed because Rodolfo’s son did not have a Thai lawyer who could translate into Spanish and not into English as had happened previously. Rodolfo Sancho trusted the services of Grit Sudthanom, who accompanied his son during the last court session. It has not lasted more than 24 hours, as stated We’ll see.
Marcos Garcia Montewho leads the defense of Rodolfo Sancho from our country, has been the trigger for this lawyer to abandon the defense of the accused. It seems that the team of Spanish lawyers does not follow the correct line of defense in Thai justice, according to the Telecinco program. Yesterday Sancho’s legal team in Spain fired his second lawyer.
You have to change your statement
The second dismissed lawyer has contacted the aforementioned program and has presented his version of what happened. Sudthanom says that few lawyers can agree with the strategy adopted by Marcos Garca Monte. They forced me to assume a defense that I did not share. This main task does not correspond to me.
He also reiterates that the accused must change his statement to avoid a much greater punishment. Daniel has the right to confess that he did not do it, but listen, we insist that if he confesses, the entire sentence imposed on him will be reduced by half. If he decides not to confess and change his statement, the sentence he will receive will be very harsh..
