Daniel Sancho's lawyer believes he could be released before Christmas.

BarcelonaAlthough Daniel Sancho is facing a life sentence, his release from prison could be a matter of months. He is loved by his defense attorney, Marcos García Montes, who, in an interview with Vanity, has explained that he trusts that the Thai justice system will allow him to repeat the trial in which his client was convicted of premeditated murder, dismemberment, concealment of the body, and destruction of the victim's passportThe chef and his team maintain that it was self-defense and want to present new evidence and witnesses. The lawyer believes his client's situation could change quickly, to the point where he could be released before Christmas.

If the Thai court upholds the appeal, two possible avenues will open up: a retrial or a reduction of the sentence from premeditated murder to manslaughter. This second option would convert the life sentence into a four-year sentence, which could be suspended or allow Sancho's transfer to Spain. García Montes is optimistic because he says there is insufficient evidence to prove the death was planned. He estimates the court will rule by the end of the summer and adds that, if the sentence is overturned, the process will take no more than three months.

While the Thai judicial machinery continues its course, Sancho's day-to-day life is unfolding calmly. "On Monday and Thursday he talks to me, on Wednesday with his father—the well-known actor Rodolfo Sancho— and on Tuesday with a psychologist friend," the lawyer explains in the magazine. He is in a cell all to himself and assures that he looks very well both physically and psychologically. He says he is writing his memoirs, in which he will explain the murder that landed him in prison and also his life. ~BK_SLT_L be in self-defense," said Daniel Sancho before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the death and dismemberment of Edwin Arrieta. The Spaniard, who admitted from the outset to having killed the man with whom he allegedly had a romantic relationship, has been locked up in a Thai prison for almost two years. of the country, where he hopes the court will accept his request for a retrial.