THE Supreme Court (SC) has partly granted a petition of the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with charges against former police directors Rainier Espina and several others arising from a P400-million “ghost” repair of combat vehicles.

In its decision, the SC set aside a decision dated February 27, 2014 and a resolution dated July 15, 2014 of the Court of Appeals (CA) and entered a new one finding respondent Espina guilty of gross neglect of duty.

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