Two of the lawyers who represented Daniel Sancho In Thailand, they will testify today at the request of the prosecution in the trial against the young Spaniard for the alleged murder of Colombian Edwin Arrieta, an unusual decision on the part of the prosecution.
The first to testify will be the public defender Chutiya Promrak, who represented Sancho during his detention at the police station on the island of Phangan, where the alleged crime took place on August 2. In addition, the lawyer will go to court, at the request of the prosecutor. Anan Chuayprabat hired by the father of the accused, the actor Rodolfo Sancho, and who has defended the Spaniard since he was brought to justice on August 7 on the neighboring island of Samui, where he remained in temporary prison and has been on trial since April 9. .
Anan, who represented Sancho for a month, confirmed to EFE that the Samui Provincial Court summoned him at the prosecutor’s request for April 19 “in order to provide clarification on police procedure.” The Thai lawyer, hired at the time by the Bangkok law firm of Spaniard Fernando Oca, acknowledged that “This is not a normal decision” and that he “believes” that “this has never been done before”, even if he must comply with a legal imperative. A spokesperson for Rodolfo Sancho in Spain announced in September that they were dropping the Thai lawyer’s services due to “differences in the defense.”
Three translators who assisted Sancho during police interrogations also plan to testify today, according to the schedule of the trial, which is scheduled to take place until May 3.