The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the cancellation of the cash bond posted by a suspect in the killing of a nurse and directed that a warrant of arrest be issued so he can serve his sentence.

The ruling came after the CA upheld the homicide conviction of Manalo Nur Jr., alias Bot, who shot and killed Nelson Mantawil, a nurse at the Datu Odin Sinsuat District Hospital, in October 2022. Mantawil had been trying to calm Nur after he became angry over his son’s discharge from the hospital.

In its decision dated 16 December 2025, the CA 23rd Division, penned by Associate Justice Richard Mordeno, rejected Nur’s appeal. The court said there was no reason to overturn the regional trial court’s findings, noting that witness testimonies were “positive, unequivocal and categorical” in identifying Nur as the shooter.

According to records, Nur demanded to see the doctor who approved his son’s discharge. Nurses asked him to wait while they contacted the attending physician, but Nur remained aggressive. Mantawil approached him to calm him down, only for Nur to pull out a gun and shoot him multiple times.

Nur denied the killing, claiming he was in Marbel for a business transaction at the time. He also challenged the credibility of the witnesses and argued that he should be acquitted because the firearm used was not presented as evidence. The CA, however, ruled that the witnesses had clearly established that a gun was used to kill Mantawil.