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PEOPLE vs Fernado Watimar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO WATIMAR, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 121651-52 | 2000-08-16

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Incestuous rape, such as that committed by a father against his own daughter, is a dastardly and repulsive crime[1] that has no place in our society. Time and again the Court has condemned in no unequivocal terms the bestial acts of rape perpetrated by fathers against their daughters. The case before us now is no different.

On the basis of two (2) sworn criminal complaints executed by the offended party, accused Fernando Watimar was charged with the crime of Rape in two (2) Informations. The Information in Criminal Case No. 5513-AF[2] alleges -

That on or about the 26th day of March 1990, in Sitio...