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PEOPLE vs. Ireneo R. Perez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. IRENEO PEREZ Y RICAFORT, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 118332 | 1997-03-26

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

There is nothing more abhorrent and shocking to one's sensibilities than the desecration of a woman's chastity by her own father. The abomination is made even worse by the fact that the victim concerned is a mere wisp of a girl, only eleven years old. This Court is once again called upon to decide a case at once odious and revolting the rape of one's own daughter.

Accused-appellant Ireneo R. Perez appeals to this Court from a judgment 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Macabebe, Pampanga, Branch 54 2 in Criminal Case No. 93-1110 (M), convicting him of the rape of his eleven-year old daughter. He was charged...