December 2, 2015 
A US Marine has been found guilty of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines.
Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton choked Jennifer Laude because he realised she was transgender while performing oral sex.
She was found dead in a hotel outside the former U.S. navy base north west of Manila.
He will serve between six and 12 years for homicide – a lesser charge than murder because there was no malicious intent.
Laude’s sister Malou said: ‘We expected a murder conviction but instead got homicide. We are not contented with the decision.’
Pemberton had earlier admitted in court to choking, but not killing, Laude. He said he had acted in self-defense after he discovered that a man was giving him oral sex, not a woman.
Protesters outside the Hall of Justice carried placards saying ‘Justice for Jennifer Laude! Justice for the Filipino people’, ‘Jail Pemberton in the Philippines’.
Pemberton was due to be held in the national prison in Muntinlupa, south of the capital, until the Philippines and U.S. government agree on where he should serve his sentence as prescribed under a visiting forces agreement.
But a lawyer for the victim said there was a brief dispute with U.S. officials about where Pemberton should go that was resolved when the judge ordered he be held at a Philippine army base for five days while a permanent solution was found.
‘This is a sad day for the Philippines. It shows the U.S. gets what it wants,’ said lawyer Harry Roque.
-UK Metro
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