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PEOPLE vs. SPO2 ANTONIO B. BENOZA

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SPO2 ANTONIO B. BENOZA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139470 | 2001-11-29

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

SPO2 ANTONIO B. BENOZA was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City with the complex crime of Forcible Abduction with Rape. He was found guilty, sentenced to reclusion perpetua and ordered to indemnify the complaining witness P50,000.00 as moral damages and P50,000.00 as compensatory damages.[1]

As narrated by Marife Buta, private complainant, on 22 June 1997, at around 8:30 in the evening, she was having supper in her house at No. 44 Lumot Cabalata Street, Tatalon, Quezon City, with her mother Procesa Buta and two (2) younger siblings when accused SPO2 Antonio B. Benoza suddenly barged into...