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PEOPLE vs Isagani Luartes y Pastor

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ISAGANI LUARTES y PASTOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127452 | 1999-06-17

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

This is another wicked offense - kidnapping of a minor three (3) years of age.

On 21 December 1994 the City Prosecutor of Manila charged that on 19 December 1994 the accused Isagani Luartes y Pastor, a private individual, without authority of law, willfully and feloniously kidnapped, detained or deprived of her liberty one Junichi Monique Macairan, a girl three (3) years of age, against her will and consent.

The evidence shows that in the afternoon of 19 December 1994 Evelyn Macairan went to shop at the Isetann Department Store along Claro M. Recto Avenue, Manila. With her was her three (3)-year old...