A Baguio courtroom has discovered two cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) responsible of costs of bodily accidents over the dying of Darwin Dormitorio in September 2019, his brother confirmed Friday.
The Baguio Municipal Trial Court convicted cadets Julius Carlo Tadena and Christian Zacarias for the cost of “slight physical injuries” and sentenced them to 30 days of imprisonment.
Atty. Adrian Bonifacio, the lawyer of the Dormitorio family, said Zacarias and Tadena “will not be set free anytime soon.”
“Then Tadena is still facing charges of hazing before RTC 5. What is important now for us is to terminate the case of Imperial, Lumbag, and Tadena sa RTC 5 for hazing and murder,” Bonifacio advised GMA News Online.
The courtroom ordered each to pay ethical damages of P100,000 and attorneys charges of P50,000 every.
Meanwhile, the courtroom acquitted former PMA Station Hospital chief Lt. Col. Ceasar Candelaria and medical officers Capt. Flor Apple Apostol and Maj. Maria Ofelia Beloy of the cost of reckless imprudence leading to murder.
When hunted for remark, Dormitorio’s brother, Dexter, stated he was proud of the courtroom’s choice concerning Tadena and Zacarias.
“Sa mga kadete, yes kahit lesser crime. It shows na ang ginawa nila ang nakapatay sa kapatid ko,” Dexter stated.
(For the cadets, sure, even when it’s a lesser crime. It reveals that what they did actually led to the dying of my brother.)
“Sa doctors, hindi, but the court decided based on testimonies and evidence submitted,” he later added.
Both Dexter and Bonifacio stated they’ve a pending case for malpractice earlier than the Professional Regulation Commission towards the docs.
“Fight (is) definitely not over,” Bonifacio stated.
Dormitorio died on the PMA Hospital on September 18, 2019, a day after Apostol identified him with urinary tract an infection.
He was unconcious, unresponsive, and now not had very important indicators when he was dropped at the hospital. Dormitorio’s eyes now not moved. His lips and nails had been additionally already blue.
Dormitorio’s chest, abdomen, aspect and again all had bruises.
He was given cardio-pulmonary resuscitation however was later declared useless.
The analysis was cardiopulmonary arrest most likely secondary to blunt thoracoabdominal harm most likely to mauling. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
