Niño Rey Boniel Denies Involvement Over Bohol Mayor’s Death, Bobby Nalzaro Says
The Filipino journalist Bobby Nalzaro said that the prime suspect Niño Rey Boniel has denied all the allegations against him about the death of Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Boniel.
The journalist also said that the Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel has already submitted his five-page counter-affidavit as an answer to the accusations of his alleged involvement with the death of his wife Gisela Bendong Boniel.
Nalzaro said that the prime suspect for the Bohol Mayor’s murder has denied all the allegations against him and gives his alibi, which is far from the statement given by two witnesses to defend himself based on his counter-affidavit.
Boniel has asserted his innocence saying that his wife is still alive and currently hiding in Dubai together with her foreigner boyfriend. He said that Gisela left the country through the southern backdoor.
The statement of Bohol’s board member is contrary to the statement of Riolito “Etad” Boniel, his cousin and pump boat operator, and Randel Lupas, his Bohol based driver that he killed his own wife.
Nalzaro also noted that although he is not a lawyer, he can determine Boniel’s denial and alibi was all empty. He also said that Boniel was just destroying the credibility of the two witnesses and investigators handling the case.
The witnesses who gave their statement about the death of Mayor Gisela was allegedly conniving with the investigators from the Regional Intelligence Division (RID), according to Boniel.
The broadcaster also cited the paragraph 13 of Boniel’s counter-affidavit stating that he immediately reported to Bien Unido police upon hearing his wife’s alleged murder, but he never exert efforts to find his wife.
The Pinoy journalist also cited a quotation from Supreme Court saying “Both denial and alibi are inherently weak defense which cannot prevail over the positive and credible testimonies of the prosecution witnesses that appellant committed the crime. Unless substantiated by clear and convincing proofs such defense is negative, self-serving and underserving of any weight in law.”