Mancao to Lacson: Sleep soundly, sir.

Byline: Christine O. Avendano and Norman Bordadora

MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS have passed but the Dacer-Corbito murder story never seems to run out of twists.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday claimed that former Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao IIthe man who had linked him to the double murdershad told him as far back as last year that he (Mancao) would recant whatever statements he would make against the senator, thus boosting his presidential bid in 2010.

Mancao said lalaruin niya (hell play along) but at the end, he would recant his statements, Lacson told the Inquirer, recounting what he said his former aide told him in a phone conversation in January 2008.

Pangbawi mo, makakatulong sa 2010 (That would be your way of getting back at them, that will help you in 2010), Lacson quoted Mancao as telling him.

The senators disclosure of the purported phone conversation was the latest in his efforts to batter down allegations that he was …