The Supreme Court has ordered a court sheriff to pay a fine of P300,000 for demanding and receiving money from a litigant. During deliberations on Oct. 3, the justices, sitting in full court, found Ma. Consuelo Joie Almeda-Fajardo, former Sheriff IV of San Pedro City, Laguna Regional Trial Court Branch 93, guilty of serious dishonesty and gross misconduct constituting violation of the Code of Conduct for Court Personnel. According to the high court, it was not the first time Fajardo committed an offense.

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