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As far as Malacañang is concerned, Senator Leila de Lima has no reason to celebrate despite the junking of her drug-related case by the Muntinlupa Regional Court.
In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165. (File Photo: Senate of the Philippines/Facebook) MANILA – A Muntinlupa court on Wednesday dismissed the demurrer to evidence filed by counsels of detained Senator Leila de Lima and her former aide Ronnie Dayan seeking to dismiss the drug charges against them. In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165. “The separate demurrers to evidenc...
Philippine police escort Leila de Lima on her way to a local court to face an obstruction of justice complaint in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines in this file photo from March 13, 2017. - Reuters MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Opposition Sen Leila de Lima on Wednesday (Feb 17) won one of the three drug cases filed against her by the Duterte administration in connection with alleged involvement in a conspiracy to promote drug trade at New Bilibid Prisons (NBP). She said acquittal even in one case under Duterte was already a victory. Denied bail, however, she will continue her f...
Muntinlupa court junks De Lima drug case, sustains another By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published February 17, 2021 5:20pm Updated February 17, 2021 6:48pm A Muntinlupa City court on Wednesday denied Senator Leila de Lima's plea for the junking of her drug case involving her former driver and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan. In an order, Judge Liezel Aquiatan of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 205 did not grant both the detained lawmaker's demurrer to evidence, as well as her petition for bail. At the same time, however, the judge granted De Lima’s demurrer to evidence...
SunStar Senator Leila de Lima (File) + February 17, 2021 A MUNTINLUPA City court on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, acquitted detained Senator Leila de Lima of one of three illegal drug trading charges, four years after these were filed. The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 granted De Lima’s demurrer to evidence, which is tantamount to her acquittal in case number 17-166. De Lima was accused of benefiting from the drug money and vehicles that her co-accused, Jose Adrian “Jad” Dera, demanded from convicted drug lord Peter Co during the 2016 elections. The money alle...