MANILA-The Court of Appeals (CA) sentenced to up to eight years in prison two men who bludgeoned nearly to the point of death, the disapproving father of a girl they had been courting. In its resolution dated June 21, the CA dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by Janicel V. Dela Cruz, a.k.a. Bong, and Jury Joven on the CA's July 16, 2021 decision. The appellate court, however, reduced the sentence on the two to eight years on their conviction for frustrated murder by the Puerto Princesa, Palawan Regional Trial Court Branch 47 on November 8, 2019. The Palawan court had originally sentenced the two to up to 14 years in prison and PHP120,000 in damages to their victim, Edgardo Erlandez. The two's sole defense was that the injury sustained by Edgardo was not fatal and that there was no intent to kill on their part. Court records showed that Erlandez had confronted the two men who were sitting outside his gate on July 14, 2005 around 9:20 p.m. and as he left to go back in