Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Chief prosecutor tasked to resolve case v. Batman suspect By Rhodamae M. Hernandez
CHIEF City Prosecutor Raul B. Bendigo will resolve the murder charges filed against a man accused of gunning down broadcaster Fernando "Batman" Lintuan last December 24, as he is now chairman of the Department of Justice panel for extrajudicial killings.
Assigned to handle the case with him are prosecutors Retrina Fuentes and Emilio Dayanghirang III.
"I have given Larosa 10 days to submit his counter affidavit pero wala pang return kung natanggap niya ang subpoena," Bendigo told Sun.Star Davao.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Southeastern Mindanao Regional Office charged Leonilo Besabella Larosa after the 15-year-old witness under the custody of the NBI positively identified him as the gunman.
The witness said Larosa was the person who approached him between 7-9 a.m. of December 24 while he was tending to a sari-sari store located at corner R. Castillo Street and Duterte Drive.
The boy further claimed that it was Larosa who killed Lintuan as he drove by in his car.
Larosa was charged earlier with illegal possession of firearms after the search operation yielded Colt Mark IV series 80, a caliber .38 Super Pistol; four magazines; 32 rounds of caliber .38 ammunition; one magazine pouch; one outside gun holster; and one black clutch bag from his Pajero with plate number LME 239 as a subject of the search warrant issued by the RTC 11 executive judge Isaac Robillo.
Larosa is out on bail for the illegal possession of firearms charges.
