A 43-year-old man and his alleged paramour were caught by the man’s wife in a room of a pension house in barangay Tingub, Mandaue City.
The woman and the man were arrested by police who accompanied the woman to the pension house. The man and the woman were detained at the Subangdaku police station pending the filing of charges against them, police said.
SPO2 Marcos Noval Jr., investigator of the Investigation and Detection Management Branch (IDMB) in Mandaue City police, said someone told the complainant that the man’s car was seen parked outside a pension house.
The woman sought the help of the police before proceeding to the pension house.
Police coordinated with the management of the pension house.
A room boy went to the room where the man and the woman stayed and pretended that he was there to get their order.
Police said the man was only in his underwear when he opened the door.
Police barged in and found the woman inside. The man and the woman were later brought to the IDMB office.
The wife said she and her husband have been married for 21 years with two children.
She alleged that the woman in the pension house was the man’s seventh paramour.
The wife said she discovered the illicit affair after reading text messages in her husband’s cellphone.
The wife said she texted the woman to leave her husband alone.
The wife said the woman assured her that she would no longer communicate with the man and promised that she will change her cellphone number.
The wife said she later found out that the illicit affair went on.
The wife confronted her husband about it.
During the confrontation, the husband agreed to arrange a meeting between the three of them.
The wife said her husband brought her to a motel where the woman was waiting.
The wife said she was shocked when her husband and the woman started making out in front of her.
The wife said her husband and the woman stopped making out when she took out a camera started taking pictures.
The wife said she did not immediately report to the police after her husband threatened to harm her.