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PEOPLE Vs. Romeo B. Magalong, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO MAGALONG y BUADO, EDUARDO LIM alias "Pilay," and ARSENIO AQUINO y GONZALES, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 100125 | 1995-05-12

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

Like a piece of trash the lifeless body of a 7-yea old Cecilia Arabis was found dumped into a canal and there left to decay, apparently a victim of pedophiliac paraphilia.

Romeo Magalong y Buado and Eduardo Lim alias "Pilay" were charged as principals and Arsenio Aquino y Gonzales as accessory in the rape and killing of Cecilia Arabis 1 All there pleaded not guilty when arraigned.

The prosecution presented as witnesses Pat. Bayani Velasco, Amorosa Francisco and Lilia P. Arabis but dispensed with the testimony of the Rural Health Officer, Dr. Richard A. Patilano, after the defense admitted the...