A man who played dead before fleeing the scene of a bloody drug raid conducted by the Quezon City police in 2016 was acquitted of charges that he fought back, or “nanlaban,” an allegation made by the law enforcers. /PDI
Morillo, who was hit in the chest, first played dead and then managed to crawl down into a nearby ravine, before fleeing on foot.
It thus threw out the allegation made by the QCPD team—composed of Police Officer 3 Allan Formilleza, PO1s James Aggarao and Melchor Navisaga and Insp. Emil Garcia—that an armed Morillo fired at the officers and forced them to shoot back and wound him during the raid. “The burden of proof rests upon the prosecution and the accused must then be acquitted and set free should the prosecution not overcome the presumption of innocence in his favor,” the judge added.Allowed to post bail, Morillo later accused the police officers of murder, frustrated murder, robbery and “planting” of evidence in a countecomplaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, where the matter remained pending.
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