Daniel Sancho, suspected of murdering Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta, entered the Koh Samui prison in southern Thailand on Monday, after a judge from the island's provincial court ordered provisional detention for the young man, sources confirmed to EFE. close to the case.

Sancho, 29, will remain in this prison at least until the trial begins and from now on he will be subjected to ten-day isolation due to the covid-19 protocol, a period during which he can only be visited by his legal representative.. The lawyer, hired by the family of Sancho, son of Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho and grandson of also actor Sancho Gracia, will meet the young man at the prison on Tuesday.

Earlier, the accused had left this morning, escorted by the police, the Koh Phangan police station (southern Thailand), where he confessed to the crime, to be brought under judicial order.

The son of actor Rodolfo Sancho hid his hands under a red cloth, and it is now expected that he will be transferred by private boat to the neighboring island of Koh Samui, where a judge must decide whether to file official charges against the young Spaniard. If he presents them, it is very likely that he will be imprisoned until the trial, since the possibility of his being released on bail is low given the seriousness of the case.

Before the transfer and asked about it, Sancho assured from the police station his willingness to “collaborate in everything he can”. In statements to Efe, Daniel Sancho affirmed that the Thai police have treated him well during the process. The police treat me very well. I'm having dinner with them at the best hotel on the island. It's Anantara.”

Sancho said that “they have closed the case” and “tomorrow I am with 20 people in a cell.”

“[Them] I am telling them why you are being so good to me and they are telling me 'because you have helped us a lot' and you have behaved well at all times,” added Daniel Sancho.

The accused of the murder also assured that he was then able to speak on the phone with his family and friends. Sancho's family has hired a private law firm to defend the young man, according to sources close to the case, although for the moment the Thai public defender continues to represent him. The lawyer hired by the Spanish could start representing him from today, once Sancho is transferred to Samui.

Luis Gerez, lawyer for Rodolfo Sancho, and also for his son Daniel, has shown his “concern about the very serious situation” of his client's son: “I am astonished at what is said to have been done because he is a person cordial, correct, sporty… a charming person and I can't understand what could have happened (…) The last conversation I had with him was in June and I could never suspect that he was under any kind of pressure.

“She's a lovely person who had life perfectly on track. I have no explanation to understand what could have gone through Daniel's head (…) I was running his business and nothing has come to me about Edwin Arteta having any kind of business with Daniel,” he added.

dismembered corpse

Arrieta's corpse was dismembered and the first remains, the pelvis and a right leg, were found in the tourist resort of Koh Phangan on Thursday and Friday, respectively, according to the police report, which details that the limb was found in a landfill in the island.

The police have confirmed that the head has also been recovered and that the remains of the body have been identified as belonging to Arrieta, 44, a plastic surgeon from the Colombian town of Lorica, in the department of Córdoba (north).

Both had met for a long time through Instagram and met in Koh Phangan on August 2.. According to the police report, Sancho arrived in Koh Phangan on July 31 and on August 1 bought knives and black and green garbage bags from a shop on the island.. The report indicates that Arrieta did not arrive on the island until Wednesday, August 2, and that Sancho went to pick him up (at the arrival point of the ferry from Samui) that day at 3:05 p.m.

Sancho himself reported on Thursday night at the Koh Phangan police station the disappearance of his friend at dawn on August 3.