Efe Koh Samui (Thailand)

Koh Samui (Thailand)

Updated Sunday, April 7, 2024-16:17

Daniel Sancho

, accused of the murder of Colombian surgeon

Edwin Arrieta

in

Thailand

, will testify on April 25 in the trial that will be held starting Tuesday on the Thai island of

Samui

, according to the calendar set by the court.

The trial, which is being held at the Samui provincial court from April 9 to May 3, will feature testimony from Daniel Sancho and his father, Spanish actor

Rodolfo Sancho

, on April 25, the first day of the turn of the around 25 defense witnesses, according to the court calendar to which EFE has had access.

In addition to the accused and his father, on the part of the defense - led by the Thai public defender

Aprichat Srinuel

- several police officers, a linguist specialized in translations into Spanish, an expert in saws, as well as a criminologist, a psychologist and an expert will testify. Spanish forensic experts, among others.

The defense witnesses will testify from April 25 and, predictably, until May 3, the date on which Daniel Sancho could make a final statement.

Although Sancho initially confessed to the premeditated murder before the

Phangan

police (an island near Samui where the alleged crime took place on August 2), he later pleaded not guilty before the judge, although he did then accept the charge of hiding the body. , which was dismembered and scattered in various places on the island, including the sea.

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On the part of the prosecution, led by prosecutor

Jeerawat Sawatdichai

, around thirty people - mostly police officers and experts - will testify between April 9 and 19.

The Thai Prosecutor's Office accuses Sancho of three crimes: premeditated murder, concealment of the body and destruction of other people's documentation (due to Arrieta's passport).

The trial will have, according to the court calendar, a total of 16 sessions, which could increase if the statements are lengthened. The court has not yet revealed the name of the judge in charge of the trial.

Arrieta's parents, A

na Marcela Arteaga

and

Leovaldo José Arrieta

, will not finally testify as the court has rejected their request to do so by videoconference, given the couple's difficulty in traveling to Thailand from Colombia.

These were the only witnesses represented in the trial by Arrieta's family, the Bangkok firm Juslaws, which is acting as co-prosecution with the help of the Spanish firm Ospina Abogados.