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PEOPLE vs Romeo Delos Santos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO DELOS SANTOS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137889 | 2001-03-26

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

A father who ravages his own daughter reduces himself to the level of a beast and forfeits his membership in the world of civilized men.

Nenita de los Santos was only 14 years old when her father, accused-appellant Romeo de los Santos, sexually abused her. She narrated that on July 31, 1997 at around 9 o'clock in the evening while she was about to go to sleep, her father suddenly approached her, held her waist and poked a knife at her side, threatening to kill her if she tells anyone what he was about to do to her. Then her father boxed her on the abdomen, inflicting on her so much pain and causing her to fall...