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PEOPLE vs Romeo Llamo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO LLAMO y BOLIVAR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132138 | 2000-01-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Of all the so-called heinous crimes, none perhaps more deeply provokes feelings of outrage, detestation and disgust than incestuous rape.1 [People vs. Gabayron, 278 SCRA 78 (1997).] For the man who rapes his own daughter violates not only her purity and her trust but also the mores of his society which he has scornfully defied.2 [People vs. Ramos, 165 SCRA 400 (1988).] By inflicting the primitive, bestial act of incestuous lust on his own flesh and blood,3 [People vs. Melivo, 253 SCRA 347 (1996).] the culprit is reduced to a level lower than a beast.4 [People vs. Dusohan, 227 SCRA 87 (1993).] He deserves no...