Daniel Sancho was sentenced to life imprisonment last Thursday, August 29, for the murder of Edwing Arrieta produced just over a year earlier. In addition to serving a sentence, the cook must pay compensation of 105 thousand eurosIt’s the family of the Colombian surgeon. Sancho will have to serve his sentence in Surat Thani, one of the harshest prisons in Thailand.
This Friday, September 27, the third chapter of the documentary series was broadcast The Sancho case. The episode, titled Versus, It focuses especially on the versions of the victim’s family and Sancho’s lawyers. In his statement to the police, the cook told in great detail how he had killed the Colombian and how he had dismembered his body.
Rodolfo Sanchofather of the detainee, explains that his son’s reaction was caused by a state of “terror and panic”, although he also admits that this way of acting was “grotesque.” “Psychologists know this happens.. “You are in another country, where there is the death penalty… You get scared, you go blind, your frontal lobe stops working,” explains the actor.
The chef also confessed that, despite being heterosexual, he had secretly maintained a romantic relationship with the victim, something that was highly criticized at the time. “What each person does with their life doesn’t give a damn. The relationship between them is not relevant. I have bitten my tongue too much. With all due respect to everyone and solidarity with the Arrieta family… The situation is which is, but whatever the situation, no is no. If Daniel were a woman, Would we be thinking about what the situation was like before? No, right? It would be a woman who has tried to rape,” defends Rodolfo.
These statements have caused a barrage of criticism on social networks. Users consider that they are out of context and that there is no justification for having ended Edwin Arrieta’s life. However, It is not the first time that he has been criticized by public opinion since his son’s case came to light. Since then, some have judged his integrity throughout this entire process.
“Those of us who are parents know the difference between being a parent and not being one. It is very easy to criticize if you are not one. What do you know what it feels like to be a father? In the end The important thing is to be true to yourself. I wouldn’t have been able to live if I ignored all this,” the actor says to all those who have criticized him in recent months.
In this last chapter, we also saw how Rodolfo Sancho was between a rock and a hard place when asked about the knives that his son bought during his stay in Thailand. “And the food? Do you buy food?” they ask the actor, who appears quite tense and uncomfortable for a few minutes.
However, to know his answer we will have to wait for the fourth and final chapter of the documentary, where Rodolfo Sancho will clarify all doubts about one of the most media cases of all time. Meanwhile, the actor and his lawyers are working to reduce the cook’s sentence or, at least, to be able to transfer him to Spain. For the moment, Daniel will have to spend at least 10 years in Thailand until he can return to our country.
