Supreme Court upholds verdict for Filipino fisherman who killed eight
05/21/2021 09:17 PM
Photo courtesy of the Donggang Fishermen s Association
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan s Supreme Court recently upheld a life sentence for a Filipino fisherman who killed eight people and injured another two on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel in 2019.
The ruling by the Supreme Court, which was handed Wednesday, is final. The defendant, Aurelio Arafiles Fronda, will be deported if he is granted parole.
Fronda was convicted for homicide, attempted murder and abandonment of a body by the Pingtung District Court in southern Taiwan last September.
He appealed the decision to the Taiwan High Court, but that court rejected the appeal in January.
High Court upholds life sentence for fisher over murders
Staff writer, with CNA
The High Court on Thursday upheld a life sentence handed down to a Filipino fisherman who went on a rampage on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel in 2019 that led to the deaths of eight crew members.
Aurelio Arafiles Fronda was convicted on charges of homicide, attempted murder and abandonment of a body by the Pingtung District Court in September last year, a ruling he subsequently appealed.
The incident took place on board the Wen Peng when it was operating in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius in February 2019.
Court upholds life sentence for Filipino fisherman guilty of murder
01/28/2021 09:11 PM
Photo courtesy of Donggang Fishermen s Association
Kaohsiung, Jan. 28 (CNA) The Taiwan High Court on Thursday upheld a sentence of life imprisonment handed down to a Filipino fisherman who went on a murderous rampage on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel in 2019 that led to the deaths of eight crew members.
Aurelio Arafiles Fronda was convicted of cases of homicide, attempted murder and abandonment of a body by the Pingtung District Court last September, a ruling he subsequently appealed.
The incident took place on board the Taiwanese longliner Wen Peng (穩鵬號) when it was operating in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius in February 2019.