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ENRIQUE CORBELLA
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Daniel Sanchoson of the actor Rodolfo Sancho and Silvia Bronchalohas been sentenced to life imprisonment in Thailand for murdering and dismembering Edwin Arrieta.
The Spanish citizen has avoided the death penalty, as the murder was not considered premeditated.
Daniel Sancho has also been sentenced to pay 106,000 euros to the family of the murdered Edwin Arrieta.
The reading of the sentence to Daniel Sancho took place in the Samui Provincial Court (Southern Thailand).
Telecinco reports that Daniel Sancho’s defense appeals the sentence.
What did the Prosecutor’s Office accuse Spanish citizen Daniel Sancho of?
The Thai Prosecutor accuses Sancho of the premeditated murder of Edwin Arrieta on August 2, 2023 on Phangan Island.
Daniel Sancho, who He has been in preventive detention since August 7, 2023confessed to being the author of the death of Edwin Arrieta three days after the death of the Colombian (“I am guilty, but I was his hostage”) and in November he pleaded not guilty of premeditated murder.
I’m sorry for what I did after death
Daniel Sancho in his final statement
“I’m sorry for what I did after death,” Daniel Sancho said in his closing statement.
What was Daniel Sancho’s defense strategy?
Daniel Sancho and his team of lawyers, made up of Marcos Garcia Montes, Marcos Garcia Ortega and Carmen Balfagnargued during the trial that plastic surgeon Edwin’s death was due to an accident during a fight and that he acted in self-defense.
Before the verdict was read, Daniel Sancho’s lawyers were confident that the sentence against their client would not exceed 8 years (if it had been assessed as reckless homicide), and they believed that the Thai justice system would rule out the possibility of the death penalty or life imprisonment.
