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Truck driver in 2023 Manila road rage incident convicted of murder
Manila Bulletin
|May 24, 2025
A truckdriver has been convicted of murder by the Manila regional trial court (RTC) for killing a van driver whom he rammed during a road rage incident in Manila in 2023.
Found “guilty beyond reasonable doubt” of murder was truck driver Marlon V. Ilas for killing van driver Benjamin E. Bagtas on Oct. 12, 2023.
Manila RTC Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina sentenced Ilas to reclusion perpetua (maximum of 40 years) and ordered to pay Bagtas’ heirs P100,000 for civil indemnity, P100,000 for moral damages, P100,000 for exemplary damages, and P117,912 for actual damages.
This story is from the May 24, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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