SCUFFLE AND VICTORY FIST. A brief scuffle ensued when police tried to take custody of Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith (center) and take him to the Makati City jail. (AP Photo)
MANILA — A four-month trial ended yesterday with a US Marine convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison in a landmark rape case that was hailed as a victory for women’s rights and Philippine independence from its former colonial power.
In a decision televised live nationwide yesterday, three other Marines were acquitted of complicity after a long emotional trial that resurrected controversies linked to the US military presence in the Philippines.
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Wagon seized from resort
A RESORT in Mactan Island had to surrender to the court a brand new Chrysler wagon worth P1.2 million, after a laundry firm filed a civil suit against it.
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