Edwin Arrieta’s parents are on the list of almost 60 witnesses in the trial of Daniel Sancho: when does the trial start?

There is already a date for the start of the trial of Daniel Sancho, the chef from Spain who has been arrested since August 5, 2023 for his relationship with the murder of doctor Edwin Arrieta, born in Lorica, Colombia.

In Thailand it would start on April 9, 2024 and last until May 3. The Spaniard is charged with first-degree murder and concealment of evidence.

According to the EFE agency, around 60 witnesses are expected to be called during the trial. Arrieta’s parents are on the list.

What they said about the trial in Thailand

Daniel Sancho listened with his mother, Silvia Bronchalo, to the start date of what will undoubtedly be a high-profile trial.

Sancho has admitted a third, namely the disappearance of parts of the doctor’s body, which were in various places on the island of Phangan.

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Who will be witnesses in the trial of Daniel Sancho

It was agreed that the prosecution would present 28 witnesses and a list of 53 tests, including documents and objects, according to several sources close to Efe’s case.

While the Thai lawyer defending Sancho, APRICHAT SRINUEL, “will cite at least 27 people as witnesses in the trial, although it is not excluded that more could be included on the list.”

For the defense “there are people from Sancho’s entourage in Spain, friends, a psychologist, a Spanish forensic doctor, a Thai forensic doctor and people involved in the daily lives of the suspects in Phangan,” another source revealed. to the Spanish office, to the case.

The presence of the murdered doctor’s parents stands out on the list. The lawyers representing Arrieta’s family in Thailand, who are from the Bangkok firm Juslaws, “will present two witnesses, including the parents of the deceased Colombian surgeon, counting only one as one.”

Together with Leobaldo, her husband, she sent a message to Sancho, who would show up to talk about what happened in Thailand at the beginning of August: “They don’t talk bad about my son. He is dead and the dead are respected.”

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“Justice for my brother, this cannot go unpunished,” Darling Arrieta has been asking for the past four months.

(JO)