Posted at 11:18am #PercyLapid Villamor murders, NBI investigation report identifies Prison Director Bantag principal by inducement for allegedly giving the order. On reporters’ Qs, the answer po is: Giving the order does not require physical evidence like the mastermind’s literal fingerprints po, etc; hindi sya ang gunman, sya reportedly nagbigay ng order, kaya hindi required physical evidence tulad ng literal na fingerprints nya. What is required is to show and prove the criminal conspiracy (the unity of purpose and criminal design) and the acts of each member of the conspiracy independent of the conspiracy. In the FB Messenger message of the deceased Villamor to his sister a few hours before he was killed with knowledge that he would be killed at that moment, he stated that, hours before he was killed, the order to kill him was “galing sa opisina” (it came from the office) of the prison — pointing to the prison director: What can be more direct as evidence than this? This statement can be admitted as res gestae if not a dying declaration (as exception to the hearsay rule, the declarant having been silenced forever by the perpetrators themselves in conspiracy, a classic exception to the hearsay rule). Other members of the conspiracy also pointed to the prison director as having reportedly given the order. It is inaccurate of the ABS-CBN reporter and other reporters to give the opinion that there was no direct evidence linking the reported principal by inducement to the crime — such opinion is belied by the prima facie evidence described in the NBI investigation report and summarized here.
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