Storyville - Season 15 Episode 12 : Innocent! Paco & the Struggle for Justice

Storyville
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As a tropical storm beats down on the Philippine island of Cebu, two sisters leave work but never make it home. That same night, hundreds of miles away on a different island, 19-year-old Paco Larranaga is at a party in Manila, surrounded by dozens of reliable witnesses. The missing women, Marijoy, 23, and Jacqueline Chiong, 21, are pretty and innocent Chinese-Filipinos from a working class community. Paco, accused of their rapes and murders, comes from a prominent political family. An awkward adolescent with a past of petty offences, he is easily cast in the role of privileged thug by the hysterical media frenzy that surrounds the case. Populated by flamboyantly corrupt public officials, drug dealers, cops on the take and journalists both in thrall to and taking a lonely stance against the system, the documentary is a compelling account of the decade-long struggle to convict or free Paco.

Title Storyville - Season 15 Episode 12 : Innocent! Paco & the Struggle for Justice
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First Air Date 1997-11-15
Last Air Date 2025-03-11
Number of Episodes 678
Number of Seasons 29
Genres Documentary,
Networks BBC Four, BBC Two,
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