On August 3, the defense will begin its presentation of evidence in the trial of Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Marine accused of killing a Filipino
ACCUSED. US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton (2-R), accused in the murder of transgender Jennifer Laude, is escorted from a courtroom in Olongapo city,
The prosecution in the murder case against United States
Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton completed its formal offer of
evidence to an Olongapo
City
Public Prosecutor Nolibien Quiambao told the media that the
defense panel is expected to submit comments on their formal offer.
The US Marine is accused of killing Filipino transgender
Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude in October 2014.
“The court will decide whether they’re going to admit the
evidence we marked and presented to the court during the presentation of our
case,” Quiambao said.
He said the trial will then continue on August 3, when the
defense is scheduled to begin its presentation.
The prosecution presented its last witness, Richard Bush, a
forensic consultant of the US Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) in Singapore
Bush said he guided and directed the NCIS agents during the
parallel investigation the NCIS conducted with the Philippine National Police
(PNP) Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO).
A private prosecutor present during an earlier trial said
Jessica LeCroy, a latent print examiner from the US Army Criminal Investigation
Laboratory, testified that Pemberton’s fingerprints were present on one of 3
condoms recovered by the door of the bathroom where Laude was found dead on
October 11 last year. Her body was found in Celzone Lodge along Magsaysay Avenue
Another expert witness, Derek Dorrien, testified that he had
examined lubricants found in the 3 condoms and said Pemberton’s fingerprints
matched those on a condom wrapper found in the motel room.
Dorrien said the lubricant matched the same substance found
on Pemberton’s penile shaft as well as on Laude’s anal area.
SOCO testified that the other two condoms recovered from the
room did not match Pemberton's DNA samples.
A 3rd expert witness, forensic toxicologist George Jackson,
said he took blood samples from Laude.
Pemberton, 19, was on shore leave on October 11, 2014, after
participating in the joint Philippine-US military exercise.
He met Laude at an Olongapo bar. Both were later seen
checking into a motel.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/97973-prosecution-rests-case-pemberton-trial
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