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nab for killing British national In
its manhunt operations police arrested on Thursday two youngsters involved in
the brutal killing of British national Martin Williams (aka Martin Hawthorne)
who was found dead Tuesday morning in Boloc-boloc Spring, barangay Mansasa, this
city.
The
City Police confirmed they arrested one Christian Gulle, 22 years old, and his
female teenage companion, 19-year old Irene Borja, both residents of barangay
Mansasa.
Operatives
found an identification card of Gulle at the crime scene which gave them a lead
to arrest the male assailant who was at his parents' house Thursday morning. Investigators
said Gulle admitted to stabbing Williams 14 times after the victim allegedly tried
to rape and hurt his teenage companion. | | |
Gulle
confessed that he met Williams Monday night at Bojol Grill where both shared food
and drinks.
Later
that night, at around 10 p.m., Williams purportedly invited Gulle and Borja to
continue their drinking spree at Boloc-boloc Spring, just about a hundred meters
from the Bohol Mangrove KTV Bar and Lodging house where the British man was checked
in.
According
to Gulle, he was a few meters away from Williams and Borja whom he believed to
have been bathing at the spring when he heard the latter shout. Upon rushing to
the scene, Gulle said he saw Borja lying on the ground and in pain. He said he
tried to help the girl get up but Williams allegedly started shouting at him which
he could not understand.
Gulle
admitted "things happened so fast" and when he took his knife to stab
Williams several times, he did not stop as he was scared that the heavily-built
foreigner would get back at him..
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provided policemen the identity of his alleged cohort (Borja) who sought refuge
in the house of a brother-in-law in a remote barangay in Sierra Bullones,.
She
was arrested by elements of the Sierra Bullones Police Thursday afternoon and
was later turned over to the Tagbilaran Police who launched a full investigation
regarding the suspect.
Williams,
43, had been wearing just sandals, shorts and t-shirts and was dead for several
hours when his body was discovered, according to Dr. John Paul Bernaldez of the
city health office. | Williams,
of Liverpool , United Kingdom operates the She Bar in barangay Tawala, Pangalo
town.
The
victim had been dead for over six hours when his lifeless body was recovered at
about 6 a.m. yesterday, according to Dr. Apollo John Bernaldez of the City Health
Office.
Williams
checked in at Bohol Mangrove KTV Bar and Restaurant at around 7:50 p.m. Monday.
According to Nilo Salingay, a staff, Williams was a regular customer and usually
gets a room for an overnight stay together with a lady friend.
However,
the victim was alone when he registered at the lodging house Monday night, Salingay
said.
Salingay
said Williams went out of the lodging house a few minutes after checking in at
around 8:15 p.m. The British national however left his Honda XLR-200 motorcycle
at Bohol Mangrove.
SHOOTING
INCIDENT
Estranged
from his Filipina wife and daughter, Williams was supposed to appear on a court
hearing this Friday for one of two charges of rape.
Last
January 11, Williams had been the target of gunmen while he was tending his bar
in barangay Tawala, Panglao.
Williams
was sitting at his bar side counter entertaining guests shortly before midnight
when he was shot twice by an unidentified man riding a motorcycle. The bullets
missed, hitting the bar's bamboo fence and a table.
Based
on a blotter he filed at the Panglao Police Station, Williams said the bullets
were clearly intended for him.
Williams
said he could not recall having any grudges or any reason as to what could be
the motive of his attackers.
Concerned
of his safety, Williams hired a bodyguard and offered a cash reward of P20,000
for information leading to the arrest of his assailants.
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