The family of Daniel Sancho He has stated that he denounced that “the actions of the Thai police were full of irregularities” and that “they deceived him until he confessed” by promising him deportation in two days and mistranslating his statement.
Daniel Sancho, son of the actor Rodolfo Sanchoremains in provisional detention because of the death of the Colombian surgeon on August 2, 2023 on the tourist island Phangan (Southern Thailand) and faces a possible death penalty ahead of his trial, which begins April 9.
The public prosecutor's office accuses him of three crimes: premeditated murder, concealing the body and destroying other people's documents. regarding Arrieta's pass, of which only the second was declared guilty before the judge. He had previously admitted to police that he killed Arrieta and helped reconstruct the events.
They reiterate that the police's actions are “rife with irregularities.”
The lawyers of Daniel Sancho and his father in Spain assured in a press conference attended by dozens of journalists that the actions of the police in that country “full of irregularities“, but they trust in the Thai judiciary, which is the “guarantor of human rights” and in a process “with all guarantees,” as the lawyer put it Marcos Garcia Montes.
García Montes said the maximum Jail sentence because the facts examined lie in between 8 and 10 years and Daniel Sancho could be transferred to Spain in three or four years as he beat Arrieta in a fight to defend against one sexual assaultand never confessed to any premeditated crime, even though he disposed of the body.
He has indicated that these events could be seen as something in Spain.randomly“And have little sorrow.
If you are deceived from the beginning, the following will have no value
“The police deceived Daniel Sancho until he confessed,” the lawyer claimed. Carmen Balfagonwhich emphasized that the agents “deceived Daniel with a deportation order that did not exist,” promising him that he would be in Spain in two days, and that they mistranslated his statement.
“Daniel explains that there is battle and an attempt at it sexual assaulthe defended himself, the victim died,” explained this lawyer, who assured that this is “not what the police transcribed,” but that they are translating, that he did it on purpose and that he actually bought tools to commit the crime, which has been flatly denied.
He added that the police “created false documents“and at the same time gain the trust of the prisoner to ensure this.” confess a crime of passion and to prove this he has shown several photos, some of them unpublished, in which it can be seen that the police kept the young Spaniard in a relaxed and relaxed atmosphere, brought him hamburgers and left him without handcuffs Police station and even took him to one of the best restaurants in Thailand.
Balfagon has emphasized that, on the other hand, the lawyers of Daniel and his father are “very satisfied with the approach of the judiciary in Thailand” and trust in it fair process.
There were police operations outside the judge and the public prosecutor's office
The lawyer goes in the same direction Marcos Garcia Montes has stated that “there were police actions outside the judge and the prosecutor” and that the hearing in the province in question did not allow them to attend an initial appearance until several weeks after the tax application was learned .
Daniel signed documents in Thai
“If you are deceived from the beginning, what follows will have no meaning no valuesaid the lawyer, making sure Daniel signed the documents in Thai.
Reconstruction of the facts
About the famous reconstruction of the events, whose Pictures were distributed and in which the defendant describes in detail how everything happened, the lawyer has said that it “Caveman and grotesque“and that “not even the Marx brothers would have done so badly.”
He has stated that they are very satisfied with the Thai lawyer who is now defending Daniel and have avoided getting involved in controversy about the previous lawyers, trusting that they will be able to attend the trial accompanying him professionals from there