After the hearing of various witnesses from the Prosecutor’s Office, a new day of trial is being held today during which the Spanish cook Daniel Sancho is accused of the murder and dismemberment of plastic surgeon Edwin Arrieta. Yesterday’s hearing focused on WhatsApp messages from Daniel Sancho’s cell phone and the analysis of parts of Edwin Arrieta’s body.
Among the witnesses he testified was Officer Rachata Chaisongkram, from the Tourism Department of the Surat Thani Provincial Police, who was responsible for extract the latest WhatsApp conversations between Sancho and Arrieta. The policeman analyzed the contents of the Spaniard’s cell phone and translated the messages with the Google translator. During the afternoon, Phangan Hospital forensic doctor Pongpaka Kaewprasong also testified as a witness for the prosecutor’s office. tasked with performing the first autopsy on five of Arrieta’s body parts found by the police on August 6.
Sancho, 29, again asked questions of witnesses during his testimony, thus maintaining a fairly active role in his defense. The young Spaniard also waived the Thai-to-Spanish interpretation he had requested due to problems with the video conference translation at the start of the process last week, and now has an English translator in the room , which makes views faster and easier.
According to the official witness schedule, the prosecution’s statements are already quite late, so it cannot be ruled out that the trial could be extended if everyone cannot be accommodated before April 25, the start date of the trial phase. defense trial.