Dolphy grandson nabbed for QC murder in 2005

Authorities on Tuesday arrested the grandson of comedy icon Dolphy at a drug rehabilitation center in Taguig City for the killing of an upholstery shop worker nearly a year ago. Operatives from the police's Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) served the warrant of arrest on Nicolo Paulo Quizon, 18, of Ubay Street, Sienna village in Quezon City. Quizon was collared inside the Camp Bagong Diwa Rehabilitation Center, where he has been undergoing treatment. Judge Elsa de Guzman of the QC regional trial court issued the warrant based on the recommendations of assistant city prosecutor Donald Lee. Last October, Lee found probable cause to file murder and frustrated charges against Quizon and his 16-year-old brother. The cases stemmed from the complaints of Pepito Tulabot whose son, Joel, was killed when allegedly attacked by the Quizon brothers on the early morning of December 19 last year. The incident occurred in front of a restaurant along Alcaraza corner Banawe Streets in Quezon City and also resulted in the wounding of Julius Ibañez. Records showed that before the incident, Ibañez, his brother Roland and Joel Tulabot, all workers of the Coventry Square Upholstery Shop, were waiting for a ride to take them to Lourdes Church in Retiro, Quezon City to hear the traditional Christmas midnight mass. Moments later, the accused, said to be armed with bladed weapons, arrived and without provocation, attacked the group of Ibañez. Quizon purportedly stabbed Tulabot, while the Ibañez brothers managed to run for safety. Tulabot then struggled to make it to their repair shop. Attending doctors at the Jose Reyes Medical Center in Manila later declared Tulabot dead on arrival. Meanwhile after attacking Tulabot, the accused chased and caught up with Julius. The latter was stabbed on his left arm and was hit on the head with a blunt instrument. Roland later identified the Quizon brothers as their attackers, recognizing the accused as he and Julius used to reside on the same street where their supposed attackers lived. In the accused counter-affidavits, the Quizon brothers denied committing the crime, saying they could have been mistakenly identified by the complainants as their attackers. However, Lee junked the defense of the accused, giving more credence to the version of the complainants. "In the light of the clear explanation made by Julius that he had known respondents prior to the incident, the case of mistaken identity deserves scant consideration," Lee said in his resolution. "As a matter of fact, respondents themselves categorically admitted their presence and proximity to the crime scene when they witnessed a fight. The fight they were referring to is obviously the very same fight that complainants are also referring to," Lee added.-GMANews.TV