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Kenyan meted life term for transporting shabu
Kenyan national Asha Atieno Ogutu collapsed in tears yesterday when her verdict was read in court. The mother of two was sentenced to life imprisonment for transporting three kilos of shabu found in her luggage upon arrival at the Mactan Cebu International Airport last Sept. 29, 2011. She was also ordered to pay P3 million. […]
Court to decide on Kenyan’s fate today
January 29, 2012
THREE months after she underwent trial, the fate of the Kenyan national caught with three kilos of shabu in her baggage at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will be known today. Regional Trial Court Judge Toribio Quiwag of Branch 27 will announce his ruling on Aska Atieno Ogutu at the 2:00 pm. hearing. Ogutu’s […]
African woman says she was ‘fooled’ by pal
October 2, 2011
Any sense of calm that 24-year-old Asha Atieno Ogutu first showed after her arrest for possession of three kilos of shabu was lost in a torrent of tears when she was presented to the Lapu-Lapu City Prosecutor’s Office yesterday. The Kenyan national, a single mother of two, denied knowing that her suitcase concealed drugs. She […]
January 31, 2012
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