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Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co hearing postponed due to absence of police-translator

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Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA - The Makati court hearing the conspiracy to sell illegal drugs case against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co and several others on Wednesday postponed its initial hearing because of the absence of a translator.The prosecution, led by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera, was supposed to present witness Marcelo Adorco on Wednesday in support of their move to discharge him as state witness but police Sgt. Adeline Omnes, who was supposed to serve as translator, was indisposed.Navera informed the court Omnes had a &quot;medical condition related to her pregnancy.&quot;Omnes had served as translator in other cases against Espinosa.Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 64 Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos reset the hearing instead to April 22 at 1:30 p.m.&quot;The court interpreter can&#x27;t speak Bisaya, Adorco is not fluent in Tagalog much less English,&quot; Navera told ABS-CBN News after the hearing.He said they will &quot;look for a substitute translator that will be acceptable to the court and the defense before the April 22 hearing.&quot;Adorco is the government&#x27;s key witness against Espinosa, convicted drug lord Co, and another alleged drug lord Peter Lim.He submitted an affidavit claiming he and his boss, Espinosa, sourced shabu from Co&#x27;s runner, Lovely Impal, several times. He also said he even met Co at a hospital in Manila.Co has been serving a life sentence at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa since 2001.Impal and Ruel Malindangan are co-accused in the drugs case before Makati Branch 64.Adorco also claimed he transacted with Lim&#x27;s runner and met Lim in Thailand.Both Co and Lim had denied Adorco&#x27;s claims. Lim remains at large.Espinosa, accompanied by lawyer Jesus Obejero, Jr. was present during Wednesday&#x27;s hearing.Espinosa is facing 7 drugs cases in Manila and Makati, 2 murder charges in Manila, and an illegal possession of firearms and explosives case also in a Manila court.

The Makati court hearing the conspiracy to sell illegal drugs case against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co and several others on Wednesday postponed its initial hearing because of the absence of a translator.

The Makati court hearing the conspiracy to sell illegal drugs case against Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co and several others on Wednesday postponed its initial hearing because of the absence of a translator.

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Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Co hearing postponed due to absence of police-translator

Mike Navallo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 20, 2019 12:03 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 20, 2019 12:16 PM PHT

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Kerwin Espinosa

Peter Co

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Juan Pedro Navera

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