Hubert Webb
| Born | November 7, 1968 |
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| Other names | Hubert Jeffrey P. Webb |
| Occupation | student, convict |
| Known for | being convicted (and later acquitted) for the Vizconde murders |
Hubert Jeffrey Pagaspas Webb (born on November 7, 1968), is a convicted criminal and one of killers in 1991 Vizconde massacre in the Philippines. Webb is the son of actor, basketball player, former Parañaque City congressman and Senator Freddie Webb, as well as the brother of UAAP and Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player Jason Webb and ABS-CBN news anchor Pinky Webb. Webb has one son born in 1993.
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[edit] Vizconde Massacre
Hubert Webb was the prime convicted criminal of the infamous Vizconde Massacre that occurred on June 30, 1991. On April 28, 1995, National Bureau of Investigations asset and self-confessed drug user Jessica Alfaro came forward to police authorities to shed light on the killing of the Vizcondes. In a decision dated January 6, 2000, Parañaque Regional Trial Court Judge Amelita Tolentino convicted Webb and the co-accused Antonio Lejano II, Peter Estrada (Alfaro's former boyfried), Hospicio Fernandez, Michael Gatchalian and Miguel Rodriguez, and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Remained charged and being fugitives until now are Joey Filart and Artemio Ventura. Also found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years in prison for destroying evidence was Parañaque City policeman Gerardo Biong. On November 30, 2010, Biong was released from jail.[1] Please read the full-length decision of the Supreme Court on the acquittal of Hubert Webb and others. http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2010/december2010/176389.htm
[edit] Acquittal
On December 14, 2010, Webb, along with companions Lejano II, Gatchalian, Rodriguez, Fernandez and Estrada, was acquitted by the Supreme Court of all charges after fifteen years and four months of imprisonment upon finding that the prosecution failed to prove that the accused are guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Voting seven for, four against, and four abstaining, the justices concluded that Jessica Alfaro was not an actual eyewitness to the crime, but a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) asset pretending to be an eyewitness. Hubert Webb was last seen enjoying a vacation at Puerto Azul in Cavite and was heard inviting media personnel to party at Euphoria Disco, while holding a can of Cali Shandy and wearing a Maui and Sons shorts [2]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Vizconde Trial
- Conviction of Hubert Webb et al. upheld
- Hubert Webb Acquitted
- SC acquits Hubert Webb, 6 others in Vizconde massacre
