The lawyers of Arrieta’s family will be able to appear in the trial against Daniel Sancho

Koh Samui (Thailand), Nov 27 (EFE).- The judge in the case of Spanish Daniel Sancho, accused of the murder of Colombian Edwin Arrieta in Thailand, accepted this Monday that the Thai lawyers representing the victim’s family appear in court. the trial with the Prosecutor’s Office.

Today, at a hearing in the provincial court of Samui (southern Thailand), the lawyers from the Juslaws law firm in Bangkok received the judge’s approval to join the Prosecutor’s Office in the trial, but only for the charges in which the young man has been convicted. declared not guilty, lawyer Metapon Suwancarern confirmed to EFE.

At today’s hearing, the judge read Sancho again the three charges he faces (premeditated murder, destruction of other people’s documentation, and damaging and making parts of the victim’s body disappear), and the Spaniard ratified his statement of not guilty of the first two and guilty of the third.

During the hearing, held behind closed doors, the judge examined the documentation provided by the lawyers representing Arrieta’s parents in Thailand, including a power of attorney from the family that authorizes them to appear at the trial and have access to the summary.

In Thailand there is no private prosecution, but the lawyers of Arrieta’s family will be able to join and collaborate with the prosecutor during the trial.

Their main objective is to obtain compensation for their clients, and to do so they are now working on establishing a figure that takes into account the damage and economic impact that Arrieta’s death has had on his family, as the director of the law firm explained to EFE. Bangkok, Yuthana Promsin.

The intention to join the Prosecutor’s Office was communicated on November 10 at a press conference in Madrid by the Arrieta family’s lawyers in Spain, Juan Gonzalo Ospina and Beatriz Uriarte, and by videoconference from Colombia the lawyer Adriana Behaine and from Thailand Yuthana Promsin and Julien Iwanicki Govrich.

The lawyer in Spain also assured that, due to religious convictions, Arrieta’s relatives are not in favor of the death penalty, although they will respect the decision of the Thai Justice.

The young Spaniard, who was arrested on August 5 after confessing to the crime before the Police in Phangan (neighboring island of Samui), pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder, a crime that carried the death penalty in Thailand, in a hearing held on last November 13 in the same court.

The judge today set a new hearing for December 12 for the parties to present their evidence, which was scheduled for today, after the defense requested more time.

The dates of the trial against the Spaniard will not be known until this new hearing is held.