The court filed a criminal complaint on December 12 Daniel SanchoYoung Spaniard imprisoned in Thailand The court panel accused of killing and dismembering Edwin Arrieta will decide which witnesses can testify in the case against him. Sancho’s defense will try to include including at least one protected witnessAs learned by Prensa Ibérica’s investigative and events channel CASO ABIERTO.
This is a man who will testify for, or rather against, Daniel Sancho. Edwin ArrietaMurdered Colombian surgeon. This potential witness stated: afraid Daniel Sancho’s lawyers will try to ensure that the court grants him “protected witness” status so that he can testify with certain guarantees.
a third man
Sources related to the incident explained: the other two men He could also give his statement as long as he received these assurances, but this has not been confirmed yet. If they are eventually added to the defense witness list, the Thai court will decide whether to admit them.
Sources consulted by CASO ABIERTO stated that Thailand accepts the participation of protected witnesses in criminal proceedings, although there are some nuances regarding Spanish legislation.
The decision will be as follows: Koh Samui District Court, who is prosecuting the case? At the hearing on December 12, the Thai prosecutor’s office will present the witness list and file a criminal complaint against the young Spaniard. premeditated murderconcealment of the body and destruction of documents.
rape attempt
Sancho’s defense will repeat the allegations made by OPEN CASE. On August 2, after the surgeon’s arrival in Thailand, already in a bungalow, Daniel Sancho announced to Edwin Arrieta his intention to end their secret relationship. According to his version this was always denied and tried to sexually assault her.
A fight would then begin between the two, as stated in the Thai police report, and according to Daniel Sancho’s version, Arrieta was always going to fight. beaten and bitten. He would push and hit Arrieta, and Arrieta would eventually fall and hit his head on one of the furniture in the room’s bathroom, which would hurt him. fracture of the occipital bone of the skullIt was revealed at autopsy that it caused death.
As Sancho admitted, it was later. I dismembered the bodyHe put them in sacks and threw them into various containers and into the sea. Days later, on August 7, he was arrested by Thai police.
by Instagram
Daniel Sancho and Edwin Arrieta met on Instagram. Just a week later Arrieta went to Spain To meet Sancho physically. Both were in Madrid, Segovia and Ibiza, among other places. They went to the best venues and the best hotels, Arrieta always paid for them.
He would offer her money for cooking projects. He even mentioned the possibility of opening a hospitality business, according to sources consulted by CASO ABIERTO. so-called palace What I will have in Mexico.
sexual object
According to sources close to Daniel Sancho, the young man soon realized that he was in a “glass cage”. These sources confirm that Daniel is not gay, but he nevertheless began an intimate relationship with Arrieta. He made her his “sexual object” and “forced her to do things she didn’t want to do.”
Sancho decides to break off the relationship. He sends messages to some of his friends, warning them that Arrieta “is not what he seems.” Sancho claims that the surgeon pressured him and watched him obsessively. He also did this with some of his friends. They both agree to meet in Thailand in August.