Only incidental

A LAW EACH DAY [Keeps Trouble Away]

- JOSE C. SISON

If a victim is taken and brought against his will to another place merely to facilitate his killing, is the crime committed kidnapping with murder or murder only? This is answered in this case of Mila. Mila was an attractive married woman who had two other lovers.

One of them was Max, a businessman who used to lend her and her husband money. When Max lent money to her husband enabling the latter to leave the country without her knowledge, she got mad at Max and plotted to kill him in connivance with her other lover Tony, who was jealous of Max.

They carried out their plot by inviting Max to a bar-restaurant. Mila also invited another friend, Romy, and told him that she would settle her debt to Max and then deretsong dukot na rin sa kanya. Romy thought that Mila was only joking when she made that comment.

Max arrived past midnight and after talking to Mila for a while, the group headed for Max's car, with Mila seating beside Max who was driving, as Tony and Romy took the back seat. Not long after, Tony pulled out a gun, pointed it at Max and ordered him to stop the car. Then Tony pulled him to the back seat as Mila also transferred to the back. They then tied Max's hands behind his back and taped his mouth. Tony then ordered Romy to take over the wheel.