The Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho He assured this Thursday that “it is an absolute lie” that he has not conveyed his condolences to the family of the Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrietafor whose alleged premeditated murder his son has been tried in Thailand Daniel Sancho.
“I just want to comment on one thing, that I don’t know why there are people who are saying that I am inhumanthat I have never said that I felt anything for the family (of Arrieta), that I have not presented my condolences,” said the actor as he left the Provincial Court of Samui (southern Thailand), where the trial against his son concluded this Thursday. .
“It’s an absolute lie“, he stressed. “The first thing I did when all this happened was indeed that, and the people who know it, know it, and those who don’t, have not been well informed.”
The interpreter, who has barely made any statements since the trial began on April 9, held behind closed doors amidst great media attention, said he was “very satisfied” with the process, which concluded this Thursday after a plea from the accused and was seen for sentencing.
In statements to EFE from Thailand last September, a month after the alleged crime on the tourist island of Phangan (near Samui), Rodolfo Sancho conveyed his “deepest condolences and condolences.” to the Arrieta family”, as he understood that they would be “in enormous pain”.
The actor also assured in an interview released at the beginning of the trial on HBO Max that “there are two victims” in the case and that he trusts that “the truth will come out.”
The last hearing of the process concluded this Thursday around 11, local time (04:00 GMT), one day before the initially scheduled date. The judge set the reading of the sentence for August 29, as confirmed EFE.
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses Daniel Sancho29 years old, of the premeditated murder of Arrieta on August 2 and two other crimes: concealment of the body, due to its dismemberment, and destruction of other people’s documentation, in reference to the Colombian’s passport.
Sancho has pleaded not guilty to premeditated murderthe crime that carries a maximum punishment of the death penalty in Thailand, which barely applies, and the charge of destruction of other people’s documentation, and has only accepted the charge of concealment of the body.
The defense alleges that Sancho acted in self-defense after an attempted rape by Arrieta and that the surgeon’s death was due to an accident during a fight.
