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PEOPLE vs Mario Mascarinas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO MASCARINAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 144034 | 2002-05-28

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

Found guilty of raping his nine (9)-year old daughter and sentenced to death by the court a quo as well as to indemnify his victim P75,000.00, accused-appellant Mario Mascariñas now comes to us still insisting on his innocence.

Private complainant Maries Mascariñas testified that at the time of the rape she lived with her family of seven (7) in a tiny shack in Suarez, Iligan City. She claimed that it was in this one (1)-room hut where she was first molested by her father, accused-appellant Mario Mascariñas. She narrated that when she was nine (9) her father placed his finger inside her vagina. Appalled by what...