Four hours of answers. Today, only to questions asked by your lawyer. Daniel Sancho He faced his statement this Tuesday in the Koh Samui Court. Before the court, he has defended that the death of Edwin Arrieta was the product of a “accident”as reported to Infobae Spain sources of the case. “Edwin bit my hand, we struggled and he hit his head,” the accused said.
Far from helping the Colombian surgeon or notifying the emergency services, he chose to dismember the body “an hour later” because he was “in shock,” revealed Sancho, who will continue his interrogation this Wednesday, this time with questions from the Prosecutor’s Office.
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You will have a new opportunity to apologize to the Arrieta family, a step that has not been taken to date. His lawyer has assured journalists sent to Thailand that Sancho, at one point in the statement, said that he “is sorry for what happened.” The sources consulted by this medium deny it. “There is no regret,” they maintain.
Before the alleged accident, Sancho, as planned, has constructed a story of an attempt to sexual assault by Edwin Arrieta. “He wanted to have sex with me and I told him no,” he said before reconstructing the alleged fight that ended with the death of the Colombian surgeon: “(Edwin) stood on top of me. He hit me and bit my hand. We struggled, I pushed him and he hit his head.”
Sancho has been able to prepare his version of the events, displayed in the form of an interrogation with his lawyer. Asked about the purchase of the knives which, according to the Thai police, he used to dismember the body, has maintained that he planned to record cooking “YouTube videos.” For that same reason, she has assured that he rented the bungalow where Edwin Arrieta ended up losing his life despite having accommodation for both of them on the other side of the island of Koh Phangan.
The purchase of the knives and the reservation of the bungalow are, in the opinion of the Prosecutor’s Office, two of the key elements that could prove the premeditation in the crime, a necessary condition for a death sentence. After saying last week that it would be “difficult” to prove premeditation in the murder, the prosecutor in the case, Jeerawat Sawatdichai, ratified this Tuesday his commitment to proving the planning of the crime.
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Another novelty of the case that has been known during the day is that the actor Rodolfo Sancho, father of the accused, will not ultimately appear as a witness at the oral hearing. And Daniel’s defense has renounced his statement in the last few hours. The actor did witness his son’s statement in court and said he was “totally satisfied” with his first intervention.
According to the sources consulted, it is expected that the end of judgment, scheduled for next May 3, may be brought forward due to possible suspensions of other appearances proposed by the defense. And the president of the court has warned today that he will not accept “protected witnesses”, since all those appearing will have to make their information known (names, surnames and relationship to the case) before being interrogated.
