A Thai appeals court has rejected challenges to the life sentence handed down to Daniel Sancho, a Spanish national convicted of murdering and dismembering Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta in 2023 on the Thai island of Koh Phangan. The court has not yet ruled on a separate prosecution request to escalate the punishment to the death penalty, with that matter scheduled to be addressed on 7 October. The case drew widespread international attention in part due to Sancho's profile as the son of a well-known Spanish actor.