Daniel Sancho has been in provisional prison for just over two months after confessing to the macabre crime in which he murdered and dismembered Edwin Arrieta on the island of Koh Phangan. The accused is awaiting the trial date in which he will be sentenced to the death penalty or, in the best of cases, life imprisonment. However, The police report of the ‘Sancho case’ that the Samui provincial prosecutor’s office already has in its possession could help the young man avoid the death penalty.
According to this “great report”, Thai investigators rule out an aggravating circumstance that favors the son of Rodolfo Sancho and Silvia Bronchalo. This is how Manuel Marlasca tells it in ‘TardeAR’. “The agents acknowledge that there was a previous fight. “They rule out the existence of treachery,” account on Telecinco. This circumstance could fully affect Daniel’s sentence since it would allow him to “free himself from the death penalty.” “The penalty could be reduced by quite a few degrees,” he adds.
With the report in hand, the Samui provincial prosecutor’s office must prepare its own document and submit it to the court in order to set the trial date. Meanwhile, Daniel Sancho continues without a defender in Thailand after his father decided to dispense with the services of Khun Anan who handled the case from the beginning. According to the country’s laws, all defendants must have a lawyer of Thai origin to face a judicial process.
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Crime “for love”
Likewise, María Miñana, a ‘TardeAR’ reporter who traveled to the Asian country where the events occurred, was able to speak with number two at the Koh Phangan police station. “He told us that the motive for the crime was love,” he says. “Insists on premeditation. “Sancho contemplated murdering Edwin Arrieta and about hiding the body he remembers that there are still parts to appear that have not been found,” he adds.
The journalist insists that it is essential to recover the victim’s torso since it could reveal “the exact cause of death.” “It was a crime of passion. The two did not understand each other and the heads of the investigation consider that Sancho was ruminating and preparing this crime.Miñana continues telling.
