Pinoy sentenced to 10 years in jail for death of Pinay in Canada

NEW WESTMINSTER, Canada - One of two Filipinos who was charged for the death of a Filipina in New Westminster was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

New Westminster Judge Peter La Prairie accepted the early guilty plea of Carlo Castillo Tobias, 22, in the case of the death of Maria Cecilia Loreto.

Tobias was sentenced to a 10-year jail term for manslaughter and acting as an accessory to the crime of murder after the fact.

The body of Loreto, 49, was discovered in March last year in Burnaby Park in New Westminster.

Tobias admitted that he and his co-accused waited for Loreto to come home to her rented apartment on March 17 last year.

He said he hid behind the door of the said apartment, and when she entered the unit, he punched her in the face, which made the victim unconscious.

According to the medical and autopsy reports, Tobias' co-accused, a 15-year-old, allegedly stabbed the victim twice while she was on the floor until she died.

After this, the two accused wrapped the victim's body in a blanket and brought it to Burnaby Park where they set it on fire.

The minor will be tried for first-degree murder and indignity to human remains.

His name was withheld due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. —KG, GMA News