Court finds Andal Ampatuan et al. guilty
Court finds Andal Ampatuan et al. guilty
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 found three of the primary suspects — members of the powerful Ampatuan clan — guilty of 57 counts of murder.
In a historic verdict, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes declared Andal Unsay Jr., Zaldy, Datu Anwar Sajid, Datu Anwar Sr. and Datu Anwar Jr. and 24 others guilty beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, which ranges from 20 years and one day to 40 years imprisonment, without parole.
Over 50 other suspects, including four Datu Sajid Ampatuan, Datu Akmad Ampatuan, were acquitted.
The court also ordered those convicted to pay damages to the heirs of the victims of the massacre which took place on Nov. 23, 2009 in barangay Salman, Ampatuan town, Maguindanao.
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