"To await the finalization and completion of the auditing process avoids a repeat of having to withdraw cases already filed in court based on preliminary audit findings similar to the events that transpired in the Echiverri cases in 2018," Martires said in a statement.
Husband appeals but gets graver sentence in maltreated househelp case
Jul 14, 2021 10:13 AM PHT
Not only did spouses Reynold and Anna Liza Marzan lose their appeal to be acquitted, but Reynold got a graver sentence of up to 40 years in prison, after the Supreme Court modified his verdict and turned him into a principal in the serious illegal detention of their househelp Bonita Baran.
The Supreme Court Second Division increased Reynold s sentence to reclusion perpetua or up to 40 years in prison. Reynold was originally found guilty of just being an accomplice to his wife Anna Liza in maltreating and detaining Baran.