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 | | BACOLOD CITY - The regional trial court of Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, has sentenced charcoal-maker Saturnino Labanes, 26, to four reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment), or a maximum of 160 years in prison. |
 | | Labanes was found guilty of hacking and burning to death four children in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, three years ago. |
 | | Kabankalan RTC Judge Henry Arles also ordered Labanes to pay P500,000 for moral and exemplary damages to the heirs of his victims, Leizel Roldan, 16, and her sisters Aireen, 12, Jennifer, 9, and Rachel, 6 whom he murdered on November 13, 2002. |
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