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Court rejects forensic reports as evidence in Laude murder case




The regional trial court rejected on Monday some of pieces of evidence presented by the prosecution in connection with the murder case against US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, who has been accused of murdering Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude. 
 
A report on "News TV Live" on Monday said that Judge Roline Jinez Jabalde of Olangapo City RTC Branch 74 issued a resolution denying the results of the US Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Philippine National Police Crime Lab including Laude's autopsy report as evidence in court. 
 
The Laude family and the state prosecutors will file a motion for reconsideration questioning the resolution. 
 
Meanwhile, the hearing only lasted for an hour since the defense failed to present a witness. Pemberton was also a no-show.  
 
However, the defense is set to present Pemberton himself or his mother next week.

Laude was found dead inside the bathroom of a motel in Olongapo City in October 2014. Pemberton was the last person seen with Laude the night that she was killed.

Witnesses also said Pemberton had scratches and lacerations in different parts of his body when examined days after Laude was found dead. — Trisha Macas/JDS, GMA News
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