This Friday, the lawyer for Edwin Arrieta's family held a press conference in Spain to clarify some of the unknowns that still existed around the Daniel Sancho case. The Spanish cook remains in the Thai prison of Koh Samui since last August, accused of murdering Arrieta in the Asian country and still awaiting trial.
The lawyer Juan Gonzalo Ospina has begun his intervention by assuring that, as of the date of his appearance, "Mr. Sancho or his relatives have not yet been heard asking for forgiveness and if that has been the case, it has not reached my clients." He confesses that Edwin's father "was totally distressed and overwhelmed by the situation."
Ospina has also had words regarding the hypothetical transfer of Sancho to Spain to continue serving his sentence in his country of origin. "It is an agreement between the states and it would have to be formulated if all those elements of forgiveness have not existed," he explained, and then added that "the Arrieta family is a family with very strong Christian and also human conceptions," so " "They are not supporters" of the "second condemnation" towards them that these efforts would entail.
The lawyer assures that Edwin's family does not agree with the death penalty that could be imposed on Daniel, but their intention is for him to serve the entire sentence there in Thailand. "For them, life is given and taken away by God; therefore, they are not in favor of capital punishment," he stated at the press conference.
Ospina wanted to make it clear that Edwin Arrieta's family "is not seeking revenge", but rather "for the full weight of the law to fall with respect for all Thai regulations." "If Thai legislation can include capital punishment or the death penalty, in that case they would respect it, but it is by no means their will," she later added.
Regarding the hearing that will take place, if all goes well, on November 13, the lawyer has given some new details. "If Mr. Sancho does not plead guilty, the procedures would begin for an oral trial that could be in the month of February or March, and where all the necessary evidence would be performed to determine his innocence or guilt," he concludes. .
