Daniel Sancho, who remains in provisional prison on the island of Samui for the murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta, appeared this Friday for the first time before a judge in a telematic hearing and without his lawyer being present, as sources have confirmed to EFE. judicial.
Sancho has appeared by videoconference at the routine Samui District Court hearing to extend the provisional detention regime in which he has been held since August 7. At this hearing, Sancho has not been represented by a lawyer, since he is not required until the trial begins.
The son of actor Rodolfo Sancho, 29, is currently without a lawyer since last September 7, after his father announced that due to “discrepancies in the defense, the services of Thai Kunh Anan” had been dispensed with. . In Thailand, Sancho can only be represented by a lawyer from the Asian country.
In Spain, however, the family of the accused has hired a legal-criminological support and advisory team for Sancho’s defense from Spain. This is the Marcos García-Montes law firm and the Bafalgón-Chipirrás Legal Criminological Office, which work to “define, support and collect evidence for the line of defense,” they said in a statement. In this sense, during his visit to Thailand, Rodolfo Sancho explained that the idea is that “we can work as a team between Spain and Thailand to be able to help my son as much as possible.”
Thai lawyer Kunh Anan represented Sancho from the time he was brought to justice on August 7 until September 7. For its part, the Thai Police continue working on the investigation and have a period of 84 days from Sancho’s entry into provisional prison. Therefore, that period will end on October 28.
Once the investigation is completed, the Police must deliver a report to the Samui Prosecutor’s Office, and it will then be when a trial date can be set. If a Thai lawyer had not been hired when the judicial process began, the judge would appoint one ex officio, according to judicial sources.
On the other hand, Sancho will be tried in Spain starting November 7 for an alleged assault that occurred in 2019, in a trial in which he could appear by videoconference if the Thai authorities allow it, after the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office rejected requesting his extradition.
