Andal Ampatuan Jr., the principal accused in the Maguindanao Massacre case, has lost another legal counsel, who withdrew from representing him in an ongoing trial of the 58 counts of murder filed against him before a Quezon City court.

Manuel Andres Jr. pulled out from the defense before the sala of Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221, which noted his withdrawal of appearance of as a lead counsel for Ampatuan Jr.

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