Leyte mayoral bet Kerwin Espinosa files raps vs 7 Ormoc cops

ON THE STUMP AGAIN Albuera, Leyte, mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa meets with supporters on Saturday, two days after an attempt on his life. —PHOTO FROM MARIEL ESPINOSA MARINAY FB PAGE

Confessed drug lord and mayoral bet Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa of Albuera town, Leyte, has filed frustrated murder charges against the seven police officers who were considered “persons of interest” in the shooting incident that almost killed him on April 10.

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Espinosa went to the Office of the Assistant Provincial Prosecutor in Baybay City, Leyte, on Thursday to file the complaint. He arrived under heavy security, wearing his campaign T-shirt and a cloth sling for the gunshot wound he sustained during the attack.

Espinosa believed that one of the police officers, whose identities were withheld pending further investigation, served as the gunman. At least eight witnesses testified against the seven police officers assigned at the Ormoc City Police Office. —Joey Gabieta