{"id":9091,"date":"2013-05-09T06:44:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T03:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=9091"},"modified":"2019-06-14T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:20:47","slug":"kuwait-court-acquits-filipina-of-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=9091","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait: Court Acquits Filipina Of \u2018Attempted Murder\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Court Acquits Filipina Of \u2018Attempted Murder\u2019<\/strong>
\nBy: Michelle Fe Santiago
\nArabtimesonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n

KUWAIT CITY, May 6: The Kuwait Court of First Instance acquitted a Filipina Household Service Worker (HSW) who was charged with attempted murder by her Kuwaiti lady employer and has been released from the Kuwait Central Jail, disclosed Mar Hassan, the Assistance to Nationals Unit Officer at the Philippine Embassy on Monday to the Arab Times.<\/p>\n

Maria Amor Corbilla, 34, married, a native of Pulangi, Albay in the Bicol region in the Philippines was turned over to the Philippine Embassy last weekend and is now staying temporarily at the Filipino Workers Resource Centre in Faiha while waiting for her repatriation to the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Corbilla who worked for a Kuwaiti household for two years was accused by her Kuwaiti lady employer of attempting to kill her 15-year-old son on January 21 this year. Corbilla recounted to the Arab Times that on that day, she was looking after her employer\u2019s three-month old baby at home while her employer was at work. She was carrying and feeding the baby with a milk bottle when her employer\u2019s son approached her and tried to take the baby from her. She refused to give him the baby because she was still feeding the baby. Her employer\u2019s son allegedly shouted at her and tried to grab the baby from her. To avoid further confrontation, Corbilla gave the baby to her employer\u2019s son. She then went to the kitchen to cook food.<\/p>\n

She narrated that while she was slicing some chicken with a big knife in the kitchen, she suddenly heard the baby crying prompting her to rush inside the house with the big knife in her hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe baby was crying so hard so I ran toward the room and my employer\u2019s son saw me rushing with the big knife in my hand. I was worried about the baby so I didn\u2019t notice anymore that I forgot to put down the knife,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

When her employer\u2019s son saw her rushing in with the big knife, he closed and locked the door and Corbilla was not able to get into the baby\u2019s room.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knocked several times and I asked him to open the door so I can check on the baby but he refused to open it. He thought that I might kill him with the big knife. So he called up his mother and after 10 minutes, my employer\u2019s sister-in-law, sister and niece arrived in the house. They asked me what happened and I explained to them but they won\u2019t listen and insisted that I wanted to kill their nephew. Then they shouted at me, slapped me, pulled my hair and kicked me. They mugged me,\u201d she lamented.
\nAfter beating her up, Corbilla claimed she was brought by her employer to the police station and was charged with attempted murder. She was later transferred to the Kuwait Central Jail while her case was being heard. Corbilla disclosed that while in jail, she remained strong and kept her faith despite what happened to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very afraid but I\u2019ve remained steadfast in my faith and prayed to God for strength because I know that I\u2019m innocent and they have charged me with something that I did not do,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

Corbilla\u2019s prayers were finally answered when her former colleague in that Kuwaiti household escaped from their lady employer on February 4, 2013 and ran to the Philippine Embassy for help. She was the one who informed the embassy officials about Corbilla\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we received the reports of Maria Amor\u2019s case from her co-worker in the house, we immediately provided her with an excellent lawyer who was able to get the decision in less than two months,\u201d stated Hassan.<\/p>\n

Corbilla who is happy over her acquittal thanked the Kuwaiti justice system for clearing her off the case.
\n\u201cFirst of all, I would like to thank God and to all those who helped me, my sisters in the Mormon Church, to Rosa Linda my former colleague in the house and to the Philippine embassy for helping me as I look forward to going home and being reunited with my family,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

With Corbilla\u2019s acquittal, the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait called on OFWs here to inform the embassy immediately if they happen to know any case of Filipinos who are in jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo all our fellow Filipinos in Kuwait, please come to us, please don\u2019t hesitate to contact our officers, not only cases that are legal in nature but also those maltreatment cases. If you have any information of domestic helpers in houses who have been beaten or abused,\u201d stated Charge d\u2019 Affaires Atty. Raul H. Dado.<\/p>\n

By: Michelle Fe Santiago Arab Times Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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