THIS is a real-life scenario that Joseph Ejercito Estrada never expected to see. The former President of the Philippines was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sandiganbayan (the Filipino corruption court) for corruption. This is the toughest sentence ever handed down by a Filipino corruption court.

This is the worst scenario he finds himself in, after acting in 100 movies where he often played a macho cowboy defending the poor. Estrada, 70,