Back

PEOPLE v.s Tomas Ablog y Fernando

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TOMAS ABLOG y FERNANDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 124005 | 1999-06-28

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

TOMAS ABLOG y FERNANDO was convicted of raping his ten-year old grandniece Christine Winda Montera and sentenced to reclusion perpetua. He was also ordered to indemnify his victim in the sum of P100,000.00.1 [Decision penned by Judge Martin S. Villarama, Jr., RTC-Br. 156, NCR, Pasig City; Rollo, pp. 19-33.] He now pleads anew for acquittal as he invokes the constitutional presumption of innocence in his favor. He insists that the prosecution has failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

Christine Winda Montera's family lived in a house abutting a wall of the house of Tomas Ablog at No. 14, Block...