This Thursday was a key date in the case of Daniel Sancho. The Spanish chef would appear before the judge to hear the final report of the Thai Prosecutor’s Office regarding the crime attributed to him. The alleged murderer of Edwin Arrieta could face the death penalty if the premeditation of which he is accused is proven, something that his defense is trying to avoid.
Although the hearing has been postponed until next November 13 due to Sancho’s refusal to appear due to the absence of a translator, part of the content of the report prepared by the prosecutor of the Asian country has already been known. In it, in addition to indicating the basis of guilt that implicates Daniel, all the material that he would have used to commit the crime has also been collected.
On a day in which the Thai public defender assigned to him was also known, and who also corresponds to the dean of lawyers of Koh Samui, the TardeAR program has had exclusive access to Daniel’s defense strategy Sancho to avoid capital punishment.
Manu Marlasca, collaborator of the same Telecinco space, has been in charge of reporting all its content. The investigative journalist has pointed out, precisely, the lack of a Spanish translator as “one of the main assets in the defense” of the cook. If the proceedings are not provided in the mother language of the accused, they would be null and void, as Marlasca has reported.
Another strategy that Daniel Sancho’s defense is planning to follow, as has been previously known, is to demonstrate that there was a previous fight to reject the premeditation of which the Prosecutor’s Office accuses him. To prove it, they will use the skull and, more specifically, Edwin’s teeth, which “appear on Sancho’s arm.”
As for the mitigating factors that the chef’s defense will use, they include “insurmountable fear, blackmail, outbursts and threats,” according to Manu Marlasca. “They are going to bring two witnesses from Spain, a forensic doctor, a psychiatrist and a criminologist,” says the journalist.
