A TASTE OF FREEDOM Top cop Felonia acquitted for 2014 murder of businessman King

By MAYA M. PADILLO

Lawyer Caesar Europa announced to media on Tuesday that former director of the PNP Regional Intelligence Unit 11 Col. Leonardo Felonia has been acquitted for the murder of businessman Richard King in 2014 after almost nine years in detention.

tire decision was read and the judge acquitted Col. Felonia of the charges against him basically on the basis of the finding that the evidence given to implicate him of the offense the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses were insufficient and even contradicted by evidence including forensic evidence,” Europa, lead counsel of Felonia, said via Zoom on Tuesday afternoon. In a decision handed down by the RTC Branch 14 of Davao City through Presiding Judge Gerardo C. Braganza dated February 7, 2023, the Court ruled that the Prosecution failed to prove with moral certainty FA TASTE, P10