A Caloocan court has found four police officers guilty of homicide for the killing of a father and son during a drug buy-bust operation in 2016.
In its ruling, the Caloocan Regional Trial Court Branch 121 sentenced Virgilio Cervantes, Arnel De Guzman, Johnston Alacre, and Artemio Saguros to six years up to 10 years of imprisonment for the killing of Luis Bonifacio and his son, Gabriel Lois in September 2016.The court also ordered them to pay P100,000 each for actual damages, moral damages, temperate damage, and civil indemnity with an interest of 6% per annum from the date of finality of the decision until fully paid.
“The totality of the evidence presented would clearly show that the gunshots made by the accused were not intended to just protect the safety of the police officers,” the court said.“The injuries sustained by the victims, the multiple gunshots on their bodies as well as other fractures and wounds would glaringly show the brutality employed upon them, despite the pleading for mercy of the victims,” it added.
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