Edwin Arrieta's lawyer: "The family is ashamed to hear this"

Daniel Sancho was deceived by the Thai Police, who violated his fundamental rights after his arrest last August for the alleged murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
11 January 2024 Thursday 15:58
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Edwin Arrieta's lawyer: "The family is ashamed to hear this"

Daniel Sancho was deceived by the Thai Police, who violated his fundamental rights after his arrest last August for the alleged murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta. This is stated by the Spanish prisoner's team of lawyers, who called the media at a press conference to present new evidence, also ensuring that Sancho never confessed to having killed the Colombian premeditated.

Juan Gonzalo Ospina, criminal lawyer for Edwin Arrieta's family, has already reacted to the statements of Daniel Sancho's legal team in Spain, assuring that the victim's family would be feeling "embarrassed" to hear what the lawyers would be trying to achieve.

This was reported to En boca de todos, after the press conference offered by the joint legal team of the Chippirás-Balfagón and Marcos García Montes offices.

"Edwin Arrieta's family wants Edwin's death not to be downplayed. The events have been fateful, tragic, very sad," said the criminal lawyer when he became part of the defense of the family of the deceased Colombian surgeon, emphasizing that everything This was a "vile murder."

Carmen Balfagón and Marcos García Montes represent Daniel Sancho's legal team in Spain, and wanted to make it clear that they condemn the actions of the police in Thailand, which they say are "fraught with irregularities." The criminologist and lawyer has stated that Sancho never confessed to having intentionally killed Edwin Arrieta and has denounced that the Madrid native was the victim of a "deception" by the police, by promising him a deportation in a few days and mistranslating his message. statement.

The lawyers want to demonstrate that there was no premeditation. To do this, they shared some photographs in which you can see various wounds on the body of the chef, who had allegedly defended himself from a sexual assault by the victim, thus not being an intentional crime. "There has been an attempted sexual assault, he defended himself and it resulted in the death of the victim," Balfagón said.

García Montes assures that they trust in the Thai Justice, which is "guarantor of human rights", and in a trial "with all the guarantees." In his opinion, the lawyer from Seville considers that the maximum prison sentence for the facts investigated would be between 8 and 10 years, with Daniel Sancho being able to be transferred to Spain in three or four years.

Finally, Sancho's lawyers have requested the annulment of the proceedings, which does not invalidate the trial dates scheduled for April 9.