ILOILO City – At around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a man accused of attempted homicide was arrested in Barangay Vista Alegre, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo.
Dominador Geroche, 70, was a resident of Barangay San Fernando, Barotac Viejo. He was taken to the municipal police station.
The court set his bail bond at P36,000 but it was unclear as of press time of he was able to bail himself out.
The Criminal Code of the Philippines defines homicide as the killing of another without lawful cause and not defined as murder.
In an attempt to commit homicide, the imposable penalty is more than six years to 12 years imprisonment plus fine equivalent to 10 to 50 times (in multiples of 10) the average daily income.
Murder, on the other hand, is defined by the Code as the killing of another, under any of the following circumstances:
1. With evident premeditation;
2. Using means to weaken or avoid defense by the victim;
3. Taking advantage of superior strength;
4. Using a motor vehicle;
5. On occasion of fire, earthquake or any other calamity;
6. By means of fire, poison, explosion, shipwreck, derailment of a train, stranding of a vessel, or fall of an aircraft;
7. The victim is the offender’s natural or legal father or mother or child or his spouse;
8. With cruelty by deliberately and inhumanly adding to the suffering of the victim;
9. For in consideration of prize, reward, promise or other base motives./PN
