Daniel Sancho has his mother nearby, who remains in Thailand but is basically without defense. The family is looking for a new lawyer, who must be Thai, as the previous lawyer does not convince the family. Now they are looking to hire a lawyer who can get the best for Rodolfo Sancho’s son amid the grim situation he faces after being accused of murdering and dismembering Colombian doctor Edwin Arrieta.
Although some sources claim that it was the lawyer who made the decision to abandon the defense, the family denies this and claims that they were the ones who decided to forgo the services of the Thai lawyer. The situation becomes even more complicated after the autopsy reveals that the murdered surgeon was still alive when he was dismembered.
The defense will struggle because Daniel Sancho was subjected to interrogations and tests without lawyers, and they will try to establish mitigating circumstances. They will also look for a way to convert the crime from murder to involuntary manslaughter. In the law there is a number called “type error” that says that when he wanted to dismember him, he didn’t think he would kill him at that moment, but it all depends on what he explained.
In the Telecinco program it was said this Sunday that eight years ago Daniel Sancho suffered an irreparable loss that ruined the life of Rodolfo Sancho’s son and that perhaps this will help to understand Daniel’s behavior, something that lawyers agree could use in his defense.
They spoke on Enma GarcÃa’s show about a “dramatic event, an unexpected death of a person close to Daniel, a death that shakes the family in an unexpected way.” Reportedly, “this caused a strong shock and opened a path in Daniel’s life that, with more or less luck, could be resolved,” they explained.
But given Rodolfo’s letter that he gives to Edwin’s family, a few things become clear. It is unknown whether the sentence Rodolfo says is directed at Edwin or at another person. This serious, unexplained, traumatic event may shed some light on the matter.
Full sentence in Thailand and life imprisonment
Thailand’s number two police have warned Daniel Sancho that he must serve his entire sentence in Thailand and continue to cooperate if he does not want to end up on death row. The situation is, if possible, even more delicate.
On the one hand, there is the lawyer who stopped defending him, who from the beginning spoke of premeditated murder, which implies the death penalty or, at best, life imprisonment. However, GarcÃa Montes speaks of murder, 15 years and in four years in Spain.
When does the trial take place? If the confession matches the evidence, it could be made in the first weeks of January. However, if the new defense wants to fight for a different type of conviction, the trial will take longer. The cause of death: According to police, he died with his throat cut. But Sancho says he died from a blow. What will happen on September 30th? Is it carried out face-to-face? They tell us that Silvia could return if the counterpart is not confirmed. Everything indicates that we will have a trial in January.
