Joel Escorial, the self-confessed gunman of broadcaster Percy Lapid, has requested a Las Piñas courtroom to downgrade his homicide cost to murder.
In a tweet, Lapid’s brother Roy Mabasa mentioned Escorial filed a plea discount with Las Piñas Judge Harold Huliganga in trade for his admission.
“If granted, he faces ‘reclusion temporal’ or up to 20 years in prison,” he mentioned.
This was confirmed by the DOJ Panel of Prosecutors when hunted for affirmation on the matter.
Percy #LapidFire Update:
Alleged gunman Jose Escorial filed earlier than Las Piñas Judge Harold Huliganga a plea discount requesting the courtroom to downgrade the homicide case to murder in trade for his admission. If granted, he faces “reclusion temporal” or as much as 20 years in jail. pic.twitter.com/FgVg5ZXYBn
— ROY MABASA (@roymabasa) August 14, 2023
In March, prosecutors indicted suspended BuCor Director General Gerald Bantag and former deputy safety officer Ricardo Zulueta for 2 counts of homicide for the killing of Lapid and alleged intermediary Jun Villamor.
They additionally discovered possible trigger to indict Escorial, Israel Dimaculangan, Edmon Dimaculangan, and a sure Orlando for homicide as principals by direct participation.
Escorial surrendered to authorities days after Lapid was gunned down in Las Pinas City on October 3, 2022 out of worry for his security.
He recognized the Dimaculangan brothers and Orlando as his accomplices.
Villamor, in the meantime, died on the New Bilibid Prison on October 18. An post-mortem by forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun confirmed the stays of Villamor to have a “history of asphyxia by plastic bag suffocation.”
At current, Bantag and Zulueta stay at giant. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
