Back

PEOPLE vs Benigno Elona

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENIGNO ELONA Y BAUTISTA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 146352-56 | 2002-09-10

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Not only did the accused rape his daughter-in-law, Rhodora, five times in her home where she welcomed him to stay. He did the dastardly acts before the eyes of Rhodora's two-year old daughter who could not fully comprehend the suffering of her mother. In one instance, the accused even put the crying toddler on his back to play horse while he straddled and ravaged her mother. The moral depravity is unspeakable and the law will be applied in all its severity upon the accused.

On April 30, 1999, the accused Elona was charged with five counts of rape in five separate informations, which were similarly worded except...