A Filipino man sentenced 10 years by Cambodian court for murdering his younger sister and brother-in-law in Phnom Penh


Buth Reaksmey Kongkea  

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on August 24, 2022 sentenced a Filipino accused man to  10 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his younger sister and the younger brother-in-law and causing both of them to die at the place over the verbal argument. 

The accident took place at about 10 am on September 10, 2021 at the Yabes Apartment located in ChamkarMon district’s Boeng Trabek commune.

Presiding Judge Yi Sokvuoch named the accused as  Yabes Fermin JR Suyat, 54, the Filipino national and former owner and boss of the Yabes Apartment.

 Judge Sokvouch identified the two victims as Jerry I Cervancs JR, 41, and his wife as Grace Yabes Suyat, 43, both are business people.

The accused and victims are Filipino nationals and are elder –brother, younger sister and brother-in-law staying at the Yabes Apartment in Boeng Trabek commune. 

“The Phnom Penh Municipal Court had decided to sentence the accused  Yabes Fermin JR Suyat to 10 years in prison,” Judge Sokvuoch read the verdict yesterday.

She emphasized that the accused Yabes Fermin JR Suyat was charged  with “intentional act of violence with aggravating circumstances ( the death of victim) ” under Article 224 of the Criminal Code.

She added that the accused was arrested on September 10 after he had stabbed the two victims to death at his apartment.   

According to police’s report,  on the day of victims’ murder,  Yabes Fermin JR Suyat had been the argument with his owned younger sister Grace Yabes Suyat at her room located at the first floor of apartment.

At that time, Jerry I Cervancs JR also stayed in the room together. 

During the argument, the suspect took a vegetable knife and stabbed many times on his owned sister and caused her to lose consciousness in the kitchen room. 

Seeing her wife was stabbed by the suspect, the husband entered to intervene and help his wife.  

The suspect took the same knife stabbing on his stomach and caused him serious injuries at the place.  

The husband and wife later died due to the serious injuries.

After killing the two victims, the suspect managed to escape from the victim’s room by jumping down from the floor to the ground and causing injuries to both legs.

 The suspect was later arrested by local police there and sent to a private clinic nearby for immediate relief. 

 

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