Laude lawyers want Pemberton in police lineup

MANILA, Philippines - The lawyers of the family of slain transgender "Jennifer" Laude have asked the Olongapo City Prosecutor's Office to place US Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton in a police lineup for a witness to identify him.

 

Lawyer Romel Bagares said they have filed a motion for reconsideration for the witness, only identified as "Barbie," to identify Pemberton as the one last seen with Laude.

 

Meanwhile, Bagares said it is a "victory of sorts" for members of the family with the taking and testing of the DNA samples from Pemberton, the principal suspect in the killing of Laude inside a motel in Subic, Zambales.

 

"The family has been for it ad has filed the motion for the said tests. What is disappointing is that they are not allowed to see, even through counsel, whether or not it is indeed Pemberton giving the latent fingerprints and buccal swabs," Bagares said. 

 

The Laude camp along with their lawyers went to the Armed Forces of the Philippines headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo to confront Pemberton.

 

Laude's German fiance Marc Sueselbeck and the victim's sister Marilou, climbed the fence surrounding the facility where Pemberton is detained. They were prevented by soldiers guarding the facility.

 

The AFP has filed disbarment complaint against lawyer Harry Roque, one of the legal counsels of the Laude family, for the incident while Sueselbeck left the country as the Bureau of Immigration declared him as an undesirable alien.