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PEOPLE vs Nestor Babor, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NESTOR BABOR and SONY BABOR, * accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 106875 | 1996-09-24

REGALADO, J.:


A man's anguished cries for help at around 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon of October 22, 1989 awakened prosecution witness Felicidad Duhaylungsod who was asleep at her home. She instinctively peered out the window and from there, at an approximate distance of twenty meters, she vividly witnessed a ghastly incident. Accused-appellants Nestor Babor and his wife, Sony Babor, both armed with bolos, were chasing a fleeing a and bloodied Evangelino Camias. Then, to Duhaylungsod's horror, Sony Babor lunged with her weapon at the hapless Camias and hacked him three times on different parts of the body. Nestor Babor then delivered...