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Adrian Ayalin

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17237828956498-16-2024 12-52-32 PM.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Darwin Dormitorio. ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Darwin Dormitorio. <em>ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — A Baguio court has convicted 3 former cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) over the death of their fellow army trainee Darwin Dormitorio due to hazing in 2019.</p><p>The Baguio Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 5 found Shalimar Imperial, Jr. and Felix Lumbag, Jr. guilty of murder and hazing.</p><p>Another cadet, Julius Carlo Tadena, was found guilty of violating the Anti-Hazing Law. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/20/19/pma-cadet-died-due-to-hazing-pnp" id="isPasted">• PMA cadet died due to hazing – PNP</a></div><p>Imperial and Lumbag were sentenced to reclusion perpetua for each of the two cases in the decision promulgated by Judge Maria Ligata Itliong-Rivera. </p><p>For the crime of murder, Imperial and Lumbag were also ordered to pay a fine of P3 million each. For the crime of hazing, they shall also indemnify the heirs of Dormitorio P75,000 as civil indemnity, P75,000 as moral damages and P25,000 as temperate damages, as well as P100,000 as attorney&#x27;s fees.</p><p><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Tadena</span> was also sentenced to suffer reclusion perpetua and ordered to pay a fine of P2 million. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/05/21/23/pma-valedictorian-honors-fallen-classmates-on-graduation-day">PMA valedictorian pays tribute to fallen classmates on graduation day</a></div><p>The Dormitorio family&#x27;s lawyer Adrian Bonifacio said their hard work and sacrifices after 5 years were all worth it.</p><p>&quot;We dedicate the win to Darwin and his father Col. William Dormitorio. Incidentally, Col. Dormitorio died before the decision was released. I pray that Darwin and his father will finally have peace,&quot; Bonifacio said in a statement.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/23/19/pma-sacks-officials-linked-to-hazing-death-of-cadet">PMA sacks officials linked to hazing death of cadet</a></div><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dormitorio died in September 2019, after being confined for stomach pains. Police later determined he died due to hazing after they found bruises on the cadet&#x27;s abdomen consistent with the crime.</p><p>He was 20 years old.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/25/19/pma-cadet-darwin-dormitorio-laid-to-rest-with-full-military-honors">PMA cadet Darwin Dormitorio laid to rest with full military honors</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5XghmuMSxLE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Darwin Dormitorio died in September 2019 after succumbing to hazing injuries. He was 20 years old.</p>

Darwin Dormitorio died in September 2019 after succumbing to hazing injuries. He was 20 years old.

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Court convicts three PMA cadets over hazing death of Darwin Dormitorio

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 16, 2024 01:57 PM PHT

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