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PEOPLE Vs. Edgardo Nescio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO NESCIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 102008 | 1994-12-28

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Before this Court once again is one of those heinous crimes made punishable effective December 31, 1993 by Republic Act No. 7659 with a higher Penalty. Rape, an atrocious crime in itself, is rendered doubly vile when the offender senselessly employs violence to kill the victim whom he has ravished, an eleven-year old girl who was utterly helpless to defend herself from the vicious attack on her person and honor.

We cannot use words strong enough to condemn such mindless, cruel acts which are an outrage upon a Christian society's sensibilities and high moral scruples.

On February 21, 1990 at around two...