Bulacan judge inhibits from Palparan trial

MALOLOS CITY: A regional trial court (RTC) judge has inhibited herself from the case of retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. and two other soldiers over kidnapping and illegal detention charges.

Judge Teodora Gonzales of RTC Branch 14 granted the motion for inhibition filed by lawyer Bonifacio Alentajan, legal counsel of Staff Sgt. Edgardo Osorio who is among the accused in the disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006 in Hagonoy, Bulacan. The court earlier dismissed the application for bail of Osorio and another accused Army Col. Felipe Anotado.