Tag: Pereda

Caloocan court metes out guilty verdict on policemen accused of killing Kian delos Santos

Dismisses planting of evidence cases vs them, though (Eagle News) — A Caloocan court has found the three policemen accused of killing Kian delos Santos guilty of the crime, and sentenced them to reclusion perpetua. Branch 125 Judge Rodolfo Azucena also ordered  P03 Arnel Oares, P01 Jerwin Cruz and P01 Jeremias Pereda to pay P100,000 in civil damages, P100,000 in moral damages, P45,000 in actual damages and P100,000 exemplary damages. Azucena, however, dismissed the two cases […]

LOOK: President Duterte meets Kian’s parents

(Eagle News) — President Duterte had a meeting with the parents of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos on Monday. In this photo courtesy of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Duterte is seen with Zaldy and Lorenza delos Santos in the Malacañan Golf Clubhouse. The 17-year-old was killed in what police said was an anti-drug operation in Caloocan on Aug.16. The police said the boy had fired at them as they approached him, prompting him […]

Palace tells public to “trust justice system” as Kian laid to rest

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Saturday urged the public to “trust the justice system,” as the 17-year-old boy who was killed in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan was laid to rest. “Let us allow the legal process to run its course…,” China Jocson, assistant to the presidential spokesperson, said in a statement. According to Jocson, the President “has reminded our law enforcement officers in numerous occasions that he will not tolerate their wrongdoings or […]

2 of 3 policemen believed involved in Kian killing break silence in public; Reiterate their version of story

(Eagle News) — Two of the three policemen believed involved in the killing of Kian delos Santos finally broke their silence in public about what supposedly happened the night the boy was killed. P01 Jerwin Cruz insisted on Thursday that the man who was being dragged in circulated footage from the barangay’s closed-circuit television camera was their asset, and not the 17-year-old boy. “Yun po ang asset namin. Isa siya sa nakakakilala sa aming hinahanap na […]