U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton (R) is escorted into a court in Olongapo city, north of Manila December 1, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - U.S. security escorts were delaying handing over a U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman to Philippine police who had been ordered to bring him to the national penitentiary to serve his sentence, a lawyer for the victim said on Tuesday.
The Olongapo City regional trial court found Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton guilty of homicide, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in the country.
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