He trial towards Daniel Sanchoaccused of the premeditated homicide of the Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta, concluded this Thursday in Thailand with a final argument of the accused after a course of that started on April 9 and lasted virtually a month.
Daniel Sancho, in his final flip to talk earlier than the decide and based on sources current at the Koh Samui provincial court docket, has charged towards the Thai Police and has pleaded not responsible of the homicide of Arrieta, with or with out premeditation. “He felt threatened and he was compelled to guard himself“It was in self-defense, with out intention,” defined Sancho’s Thai lawyer, Apichart Srinual, upon leaving the court docket. The Spanish chef has solely acknowledged the accusation of dismemberment, based on the aforementioned sources. 20 minuteswhich is hardly a minor crime of desecration of a corpse.
“I’m sorry that a life has been misplaced and that mother and father have misplaced a son. I’m sorry that his household has not been capable of bury him correctly. I’m sorry for what I did after demise“, the younger man assured the court docket throughout his argument, which lasted 45 minutes. In that sense, and denying always that he dedicated a homicide, Sancho mentioned that He will assist the household “as a lot as he can” and that it should compensate them for “the ethical damages of the dismemberment.”
The course of ended in the future sooner than anticipated with Sancho’s final assertion. and? he had requested himself to the court docket Justice of the Peace. The advance is because of the truth that this Wednesday solely two different forensic consultants testified, for whose testimony the prosecution and the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed settlement, whereas testimonies had been denied of a protected witness allegedly harassed by Arrieta and Iván Campos, a psychologist specializing in sexual abuse.
Furthermore, the knife professional chef summoned by the protection as a witness for this Thursday has declined to attend nor have the accused’s father, Rodolfo Sancho, nor the two protection legal professionals, criminologist Carmen Balfagón and household spokesperson, Ramón Chipirrás, testified. The decide thought-about that they’d not contribute something as they had been not straight associated to the case. In whole, the protection has had seven witnesses throughout the course of.
“I’m certain that the decide has seen that the Police have lied in every and each considered one of the paperwork they introduced towards me,” mentioned the accused.
He misplaced “psychological management”
Sancho, based on sources commenting on the course of 20 minutes, He has not proven regret for the crime, since he does not acknowledge it, as occurred throughout his assertion final Tuesday. “He has mentioned that the police deceived himwhich compelled him to say what he mentioned and which compelled him to see Edwin’s messages on his mobile phone and he did not wish to,” they level out.
“I’m certain the decide has seen that The Police have lied in every and each considered one of the paperwork that they introduced towards me,” the younger man mentioned, arguing that they “modified” his phrases in the written confession. “I’m harmless, Edwin’s demise comes as a result of He attacked me and tried to rape me. “I attempted to keep away from the battle,” Sancho repeated, mentioning always that demise occurred throughout the wrestle.
“There has been a feeling of remorse for inflicting somebody’s demise and that he ought to not have acted as he did,” mentioned the co-accusation lawyer, Metapon Suwancharern, who represents Arrieta’s household.
The accused has additionally assured the decide that he misplaced “psychological management”, an element that the protection considers basic. The thesis of a fortuitous battle, Sancho’s subsequent worry when he noticed that Arrieta had supposedly died after hitting the again of his head towards the sink and the easy admission of dismemberment to get rid of the physique, may maintain a extra benevolent future for Sancho: the cost of reckless murder supported by the protection (if not, straight, innocence) would deliver the Spanish chef a minor penalty of as much as eight years in jail that may result in extradition to Spain in simply two years.
The Prosecutor’s Office and personal prosecution They do not share the chef’s thesis and They have maintained prices of premeditated homicide, regardless of the truth that the prosecutor in the case himself lately mentioned that it will be “tough” to show that Sancho ready the crime and that it was not the results of a battle. “We are not pursuing this case to impose extreme punishment on anybody,” prosecution lawyer Metapon Suwancharern mentioned at the finish of the session.
“We are not pursuing this case to impose extreme punishment on anybody,” the prosecution’s lawyer mentioned at the finish of the session.
The course of has been seen for sentencing and the decide has set the date of its studying for the August 29 at 10 in the morning, a delay in the verdict that is frequent in Thai trials. Furthermore, as Efe stories, the protection requested the decide to increase the deadline to current their final temporary as a result of they need to translate it, one thing that will take two months.
Sancho, happy with the course of
Upon leaving the court docket, the Spanish actor Rodolfo Sanchofather of the accused, has proven himself “very happy” for the judicial course of however assured that “it’s an absolute lie” that he has not conveyed his condolences to the household of surgeon Arrieta.
“I do not know why there are individuals saying that I’m inhuman, that I’ve by no means mentioned that I felt something for the household (of Arrieta), that I’ve not introduced my condolences,” he mentioned after descending the court docket stairs, in statements quoted by Efe. “The very first thing I did when all this occurred was certainly that, and the individuals who understand it, understand it , and those that haven’t got not been nicely knowledgeable.
