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PEOPLE vs Jerry Cantuba

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JERRY CANTUBA y DEBLOIS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137454 | 2002-11-18

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

At 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon of June 10, 1997, Belinda Lampas arrived home from work to find her daughter Jennifer, said to be then five years old, limping and holding her private part. "Bakit, anak?" she asked, and after dressing Jennifer up and seeing her panty bloodied, Jennifer narrated that their neighbor, Kuya Jerry, brought her to the nearby house of his sister, made her lie down and undressed her. Jennifer went on to tell that Jerry "kantot" her.[1]

Jennifer would more than two months later testify in court that she was earlier playing in front of their house at Road 4, Dupax, Diliman...