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PEOPLE vs Abapo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EXPEDITO ABAPO y SIROIHOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133387-423 | 2000-03-31

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA_REYES, J.:

On January 16, 1998, Benjie Tecson filed a sworn complaint before the National Bureau of Investigation, National Capital Region, alleging that she was first raped by her father when she was barely ten years old inside their house in Nagcarlan, Laguna. She narrated that the first incident was repeated several more times at a rate of not less than twice a week and almost everyday when her mother was not around. The alleged sexual congress between her and her father went on until February 1997 when BENJIE finally became pregnant.1 [Record, Vol. 1, p. 3.]

Expedito Abapo y Siroihos was charged with raping...