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PEOPLE vs Francisco Abayon, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO ABAYON, JOSE ABAYON (at large), JONATHAN ABAYON, (at large), CELSO ABAYON, PILOY DELA SERNA and IRENEO DE LEON, accused.

G.R. No. 142874 | 2002-07-31

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This is an automatic review of the 21 January 2000 Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Dipolog City finding Francisco Abayon, Celso Abayon, Piloy dela Serna and Ireneo de Leon guilty of Rape with Homicide. Each accused was sentenced to death and directed to indemnify the heirs of the victims the amount of P280,000.00.[1]

On 16 May 1996 a report was made to the Sibuco Municipal Police Station, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, that the Alibio family, composed of Nelson Alibio, his wife Myrna, and their minor children Maribel, Ronald and Josephine,[2] was killed at Barangay Sto. Niño, Sibuco, in the...