P30 million offered for acquittal of Sanchez in rape-murder case, says ex-judge

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A P30 million bribe was offered for the acquittal of ex-Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez in his rape-slay case, former Pasig RTC Judge Harriett Demetriou said.

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MANILA - A P30 million bribe was offered for the acquittal of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez in his rape-murder case, the judge who sentenced Sanchez said.

Former Pasig Regional Trial Court Judge Harriett Demetriou told ABS-CBN News that someone acting on Sanchez's behalf approached her when she was still handling the rape and murder cases of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez. "There was this sculptor who went to see me, at sinabi niya: 'Judge bakla si Sanchez, it's impossible na he'll be guilty of that thing'. So ang sabi niya, 'You know Judge, pumunta na lang kayo ng America. Kumuha na lang kayo ng P30 million at saka para wala lahat na ito na kaso," Demetriou said. "So I said: 'May anak ka ba na babae?' 'Meron.

Demetriou has called plans to free Sanchez for good conduct as a "mockery of justice" and a "cruel joke."Dela Rosa, former chief of the Bureau of Corrections, said corrections officers had been seeing Sanchez wearing skirts, which proved that the convicted rapist killer was not a bully anymore.- Report from Thea Omelan, ABS-CBN News

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