The Supreme Court has dismissed from service a Makati City Regional Trial Court judge for downgrading the penalty against two men in the killing of US Marine Major George Anikow in 2012. The high court also ordered the forfeiture of his retirement benefits with prejudice to re-employment in government. “It is clear that Judge Dumayas failed to hear and decide the subject case with the cold neutrality of an impartial judge,” the high court said in a decision made public Monday. The pattern of said acts appears to be deliberate, calculated, and meant to unduly favor the accused,” the Court ruled. The high court also took note of the 13 other administrative cases filed against Dumayas from 2003 to 2016.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 30, 2018 12:11 UTC