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PEOPLE vs Ben Gajo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BEN GAJO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127749 | 2000-03-09

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

She is fondly called Den-den. At five (5) Den-den, whose full name is Precious Castigador, was slim, active and playful. Obedient, she could be depended upon by her parents to do errands like buying things from the nearby sari-sari store.1 [RTC Records, p. 51.] A Kinder I/Day Care pupil at Matag-ub Day Care Center in Janiuay, Iloilo, she found respite from school by playing with the other kids in her neighborhood. On the 24th of October 1995, however, as fate would have it, a person she and her family trusted so much stealthily snatched from her her pristine innocence. She was raped by her Tito Boy,...