A former U.S. Marine who was jailed for murdering a Filipino transgender woman during sex was deported this morning (September 13th).

Joseph Scott Pemberton, 24, boarded a military aircraft which left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila at exactly 9:14 AM.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Pemberton, a former Lance Corporal, is now banned from returning to the country over the 2014 death of Jennifer Laude, 26, whom he admitted strangling to death during sex.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said: ''As a consequence of the deportation order against him, Pemberton has been placed in the Bureau’s blacklist, perpetually banning him from coming back.

''The Bureau saw that he is a risk to public safety, having been found guilty of the crime. Hence he was tagged as an undesirable alien, and will be expelled from the Philippines.''

Pemberton was found guilty of homicide in 2016 and sentenced to between six and 12 years in prison.

Earlier this month, Judge Roline Ginez-Jabalde sparked protests from women's and transgender rights groups when it he ruled that Pemberton could be released for good behaviour.

The judge said in an order dated September 1 that the marine had already served his penalty after taking into account his "good conduct allowances" he accumulated.

Jennifer Laude's body was found inside a hotel room in Olongapo City wrapped in a bed sheet and her head slumped over a toilet bowl.

In previous hearings, the court was told that Laude went back to Pemberton's hotel room and performed oral sex on him. However, when he reached down between Laude’s legs he discovered she was ''a man'' and had a penis.

Pemberton said he was angry and felt like he was ''being raped by another man.'' His lawyer, Rowena Flores, claimed that there was an argument and Pemberton ''acted in self-defence'' and did not realise he had killed the victim.

Pemberton was initially sentenced to 12 years in prison, which was later reduced to ten.

The country's Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA ) law allows convicts an early release based on good conduct 'points', which count towards time that can be deducted from term of imprisonment.

The court gave Pemberton a perfect GCTA score, and granted him early release 4 years ahead of his full 10-year sentence.

Meanwhile, Laude's family has filed a motion for reconsideration questioning how Pemberton's sentence deduction was computed since he was in isolation at a special facility in the military headquarters in Quezon City.

A former U.S. Marine who was jailed for murdering a Filipino transgender woman during sex was deported this morning (September 13).

Joseph Scott Pemberton, 24, boarded a military aircraft which left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila at exactly 9:14 AM.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Pemberton, a former Lance Corporal, is now banned from returning to the country over the 2014 death of Jennifer Laude, 26, whom he admitted strangling to death during sex.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said: ''As a consequence of the deportation order against him, Pemberton has been placed in the Bureau’s blacklist, perpetually banning him from coming back.

''The Bureau saw that he is a risk to public safety, having been found guilty of the crime. Hence he was tagged as an undesirable alien, and will be expelled from the Philippines.''

Pemberton was found guilty of homicide in 2016 and sentenced to between six and 12 years in prison.

Earlier this month, Judge Roline Ginez-Jabalde sparked protests from women's and transgender rights groups when it he ruled that Pemberton could be released for good behaviour.

The judge said in an order dated September 1 that the marine had already served his penalty after taking into account his "good conduct allowances" he accumulated.

Jennifer Laude's body was found inside a hotel room in Olongapo City wrapped in a bed sheet and her head slumped over a toilet bowl.

In previous hearings, the court was told that Laude went back to Pemberton's hotel room and performed oral sex on him. However, when he reached down between Laude’s legs he discovered she was ''a man'' and had a penis.

Pemberton said he was angry and felt like he was ''being raped by another man.'' His lawyer, Rowena Flores, claimed that there was an argument and Pemberton ''acted in self-defence'' and did not realise he had killed the victim.

Pemberton was initially sentenced to 12 years in prison, which was later reduced to ten.

The country's Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA ) law allows convicts an early release based on good conduct 'points', which count towards time that can be deducted from term of imprisonment.

The court gave Pemberton a perfect GCTA score, and granted him early release 4 years ahead of his full 10-year sentence.

Meanwhile, Laude's family has filed a motion for reconsideration questioning how Pemberton's sentence deduction was computed since he was in isolation at a special facility in the military headquarters in Quezon City.