TIMELINE: The killing of Jennifer Laude and release of Joseph Scott Pemberton

It's been a long justice-seeking journey for Jennifer Laude. Here is a rundown of events of the case from the evening of her death all the way to Pemberton's pardon.

. The court enters a plea of not guilty on his behalf., but adds it was “in self-defense.” Roque tells reporters Pemberton told the court Laude was performing oral sex on him when he suddenly felt a penis.

Shocked at the discovery, Pemberton says he pushed Laude who fell from the bed, but got back up and slapped him in the face. Pemberton says he retaliated by choking her, which left her unconscious. He claims he tried to revive her with water in the bathroom, but decided to leave after finding no water. He says she was alive when he left her.the soldier “felt that he was being raped… he was so repulsed and so disgusted because he did not give his consent to allow a man to do that to him.

The court says Pemberton acted out of “passion and obfuscation” when he “arm-locked the deceased, and dunked [her] head in the toilet.” Pemberton is sentenced to 6 to 12 years imprisonment. The Philippine and US governments clarify provisions of the VFA overPemberton's homicide conviction is the first under the VFA since the two countries signed it in 1998.

GUILTY. In this file photo, US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton is taken to his detention cell in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

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