On December 12, the court that accuses Daniel Sanchothe young Spaniard imprisoned in Thailand for killing and dismembering Edwin Arrieta, will decide which witnesses will be able to testify in the trial against him. Sancho’s defense will try to include including at least one protected witnessas learned by CASO ABIERTO, the investigation and events channel of Prensa Ibérica.
This is a man who would testify in favor of Daniel Sancho, or rather against Edwin Arrieta, the murdered Colombian surgeon. This possible witness has stated that He is afraid of the possible consequences of his statements, so that Daniel Sancho’s lawyers will try to get the court to grant him the status of “protected witness”, so that he can testify with certain guarantees.
a third man
Sources in the case explained that two other men He could also provide his testimony as long as he received those guarantees, but that point has yet to be confirmed. If they are eventually added to the defense witness list, the Thai court will decide whether to admit them.
Sources consulted by CASO ABIERTO indicated that Thailand admits the participation of protected witnesses in its criminal proceedings, although with some nuances regarding Spanish legislation.
The decision will be Koh Samui Provincial Court, who is handling the case. At the hearing on December 12, the Thai prosecutor’s office will propose its list of witnesses and accuse the young Spaniard of premeditated murderconcealment of the body and destruction of documents.
Attempted rape
For its part, Sancho’s defense will reiterate the arguments that were advanced 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 clandestine relationship. This, always according to his version, refused and tried to sexually assault him.
Then a fight would have started between the two, as stated in the Thai police report, in which, always according to Daniel Sancho’s version, Arrieta would have beaten and bitten. He, for his part, would have pushed and hit Arrieta, who finally fell and hit his head against one of the furniture in the bathroom of the room, which would have caused him fracture of the occipital bone of the skullas revealed by the autopsy, and caused death.
It was later, as Sancho has confessed, when chopped up the body, put it in bags and threw it in 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 traveled to Spain to physically meet Sancho. Both were in Madrid, Segovia and Ibiza, among other places. They went to the best venues and the best hotels, Arrieta always paid.
He would have offered him money for his cooking projects. Even, according to the sources consulted by CASO ABIERTO, he would have told her about the possibility of opening a hospitality business in a supposed palace that I would have in Mexico.
sexual object
After a while, according to sources close to Daniel Sancho, the young man realizes that he is in a “glass cage.” These sources affirm that Daniel is not homosexual, but he still began an intimate relationship with Arrieta in which made him his “sexual object” and “forced him to do things he didn’t want to do.”
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Sancho decides to break up the relationship. He sends messages to some friends who he warns that Arrieta “is not what she seems.” The surgeon, Sancho claims, pressured him and monitored him obsessively. He also did it with some of his friends. In August, they both agree to meet in Thailand.