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Thai court sentences YouTube chef and son of Spanish actor to life in prison for murder – Winnipeg Free Press

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison. The victim was also dismembered as part of the sensational proceedings.

The Koh Samui provincial court had initially imposed the death penalty on Sancho, but in its verdict commuted it to life imprisonment due to his cooperation during the trial, Police Colonel Paisan Sangthep, deputy commander of the Surat Thani provincial police, who attended the hearing, told the Associated Press.

Sancho, a 30-year-old chef with a YouTube channel, was accused of murdering Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, a 44-year-old plastic surgeon from Colombia, while both were vacationing on the Thai resort island of Koh Pha-ngan in August last year.

Spanish actress Silvia Bronchalo, mother of Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, arrives at the provincial court of Koh Samui in southern Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. A court in Thailand is expected to sentence the actor's son accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island. (AP Photo/Thanapat Cherajin)

Spanish actress Silvia Bronchalo, mother of Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, arrives at the provincial court of Koh Samui in southern Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. A court in Thailand is expected to sentence the actor's son accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island. (AP Photo/Thanapat Cherajin)

The convicted man is the son of Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre, a well-known Spanish actor, and Silvia Bronchalo, who was also an actress. Both parents are 49 years old.