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DNA test results turn negative in Bella’s items
DNA test results of items owned by kidnap-homicide suspect Bella Ruby Santos showed no traces of bloodstains from slain kidnap victim Ellah Joy Pique. The disclosure of the DNA test results by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) caused Santos’ lawyer Rameses Villagonzalo to declare that the case against his client […]
Ellah Joy witness identifies Griffiths
July 24, 2012
PROSECUTION witness Richard Ian Bruce Bansuan once again took the witness stand yesterday for the continuation of his cross examination in the kidnapping and murder of the 6 years old Ellah Joy Pique last year. Defense lawyers tried to question the witness’s credibility and cast doubt on his account that he saw one of the […]
Witness in Ellah case rushed to hospital
May 1, 2012
Delivering his testimony on the kidnapping and murder of 6-year-old Ellah Joy Pique proved too much for witness Richard Ian Bansuan. Bansuan, who is said to be suffering from asthma, recounted to Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Esther Veloso of Branch 6 how he allegedly saw Bella Ruby Santos and her British partner Ian Charles […]
Forensic Ellah Joy attacked by more than one person
April 24, 2012
Prosecutors in the Ellah Joy Piquemurder case presented yesterday a police forensic expert who testified that the 6-year-old girl was killed by more than one person. Dr. Nestor Satur of the PNP regional crime laboratory 7 said the injuries on the victim suggested more than one person killed Ellah Joy. He explained the possibility that […]
Ellah Joy backers We’re harassed
March 21, 2012
Some supporters of the family of Ellah Joy Pique complained they were harassed by allies of murder suspect Bella Ruby Santos. Brother Simon Peter Jardinico of the Franciscan Friars of Charity (FFC) said he was confronted by a woman supporter of Santos who demanded that he should stay neutral as a member of a religious […]
Father recounts agony of search, loss of Ellah Joy
March 12, 2012
Recounting the gruesome death of a loved one isn’t easy. Renante Pique wept several times as he relayed to the court his agony following the kidnap-slay of his 6-year-old daughter Ellah Joy. He took the witness stand as the trial against the alleged killers of Ellah Joy resumed yesterday morning. “It’s painful on my part […]
Child abuse victims urged: Join fight for justice for Ellah Joy
February 17, 2012
AFTER his daughter was killed in 2011, Renante Pique became an advocate of children’s rights and justice for victims of child abuse. Renante, father of slain 6-year-old Ellah Joy, joined about 70 people, mostly public school students, in a Walk for Justice around Minganilla town yesterday. They carried banners that said “Justice for Ellah Joy.” […]
Prosecutors, Bella’s lawyers ordered to keep mum on case
November 23, 2011
Both the prosecution and defense lawyers for homicide suspect Bella Ruby Santos were told by the court yesterday not to discuss the Ellah Joy murder case with the news media. Lawyer Noemi Truya-Abarientos of the Cildren’s Legal Bureau (CLB) said the order from the judge was meant to protect two minor-age girls testifying […]
Court rules out live TV link for Ellah Joy case
November 9, 2011
by Ador Vincent Mayol Reporter There will be no live-link television for minors who are set to testify against Bella Ruby Santos and British national Ian Charles Griffiths. In his order, Regional Trial Court Judge Ester Veloso of Branch 6 denied the request of prosecution lawyers to allow the use of live-link television to […]
Griffiths to take legal action on charges
November 3, 2011
THOUGH he is out of the country, British national Ian Charles Griffiths isn’t taking the homicide charges filed against him by Cebu prosecutors sitting down. Rameses Villagonzalo, the lawyer of Griffiths’s Cebuana partner Bella Ruby Santos, said a firm of lawyers in London is processing the International Writs at the Queen’s Bench Division of the […]
August 2, 2012
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