Briton denies any role in Boracay slays

A British national has denied allegations that he was involved in the May 2, 2004 killing of three foreigners and a Filipina maid in Boracay.

Patrick Higgs said he was never a suspect in the killing of British architect John Cowperthwaite, Swiss art dealer Manfred Schoeni, German property developer Anton Faustenhauser and the Filipina maid, as reported by the Bureau of Immigration’s public information office in a media statement.

"I was and still am one of the key state witnesses. I assisted the police in all their investigations as I unluckily found the four victims at the house along with eight police officers and two other German nationals," Higgs said in a statement faxed to The STAR.

The immigration bureau, in a press statement last Wednesday, said it has placed Higgs, together with Uwe Friesl, a German, and Keith Redfern, under its watchlist upon the request of police probers. — Edu Punay