CIDG nabs school driver for rape
A school driver of the West Visayas State University (WVSU) Pototan campus was nabbed for rape by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). With no bail recommended for his temporary liberty, Noli Diamante will be turned over to a Dumangas Court particularly before Branch 68 Presiding Judge Gerardo Diaz.
A total of six arrest warrants were issued against Diamante and another yet to be identified male companion, the rape charge consisting of four counts alongside two counts of robbery.
The incident stemmed from a March 14th encounter where the victim, a 16 year-old burger stand worker reported to police of the sexual abuse after robbed of the day's earnings.
Accounts stated that the victim was forced at knifepoint to board the motorcycle with Diamante and his pal. She was then reportedly raped as the two took turns in sexually abusing her.
Diamante when reached by Bombo Radyo denied the charges as he maintained his innocence throughout the police interrogation. He told radio reporter Peter John Bayasca that he was just a victim of circumstance and was home at the night of the supposed crime.
Diamante's arrest came early Friday evening after the victim alerted family members and local cops of his presence in the school campus. He was eventually arrested and served the arrest warrants in his family resident in Barangay Batuan, Pototan, Iloilo.