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Drug-addled nephew decapitates uncle 'over imagined affair with his favourite celebrity'

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A drug-addled man allegedly hacked his uncle to pieces 'over an imagined affair with his favourite celebrity'.

Jorge Casinillo, 58, had reportedly been taking drugs before marching over to his uncle Cristitulo Casinillo's house to attack him in the town of Daanbantayan, Cebu province, on February 5 morning.

Holding a scythe, the 'hallucinating' man hacked his 79-year-old relative, then proceeded to decapitate him before chopping up his torso and legs.

Terrified neighbours said they witnessed the gruesome assault and dismemberment but were too scared to intervene because they feared Jorge might pounce on them.

Daanbantayan Police Station officers later arrived at the scene to detain Jorge, who did not resist arrest. He is seen in the video speaking to a lawyer from inside his cell, who was asking him if he had a wife and kids. He replies to say he is single.

Speaking to local reporters from his jail cell, the unrepentant man claimed: 'I met Gretchen Barretto in 2014 when I was working as a driver in Manila. We had a daughter before we broke up.

'While I was cleaning the yard that day, my uncle told me he would go to see Gretchen. That's when I went on a rampage. I cut off his head with the scythe. I don't regret it.'

Police Senior Master Sergeant Alfredo Mandal, chief investigator of the Daanbantayan Police Station, said the suspect has been remanded in custody and denied bail.

He added: 'The victim was taking care of his fighting cocks in his backyard when his nephew came and attacked him with the scythe.

'He was then decapitated and his legs and body were chopped in half.

'The suspect was hallucinating that his uncle was his love rival for Gretchen Barretto. He beheaded him out of rage.'

Gretchen Barretto is a Filipino socialite and former singer-actress who rose to fame in the late 80s for hosting TV shows and later starring in softcore porn flicks.

Police Senior Master Sergeant Alfredo said Jorge was a former cab driver in Cebu City. He was described as 'drug dependent' but had no prior records of criminal activity.

Police said Jorge was detained at the Daanbantayan Police Station and will be charged with murder.

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