G.R. No. 278202 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JOJIT MALICDEM Y SOMINTAC, ACCUSED. MARIO BOBIER Y CAMATCIO, JANINE SANTOS Y ALANO, AND EVANGELINE MOLINA Y LABORTE, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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WHEREFORE, premises considered, Judgment is hereby rendered as follows: This Court finds Accused MARIO BOBIER, JANINE SANTOS, and EVANGELINE MOLINA LABORTE, in Criminal Case No. 93004, GUILTY by proof beyond reasonable doubt for Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 4(a) and (e) in relation to Section 6(a) and (c) of Republic Act No. 9208 as amended by Republic Act No. 10364. Accordingly, they are sentenced to suffer the penalty of LIFE IMPRISONMENT and to pay a fine in the amount of Two Million Pesos ([PHP] 2,000,000.00). They are likewise ordered to pay each of the [p]rivate [c]omplainants [AAA278202] and [BBB278202], the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 500,000.00) as moral damages and One Hundred Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 100,000.00) as exemplary damages, both with legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this Decision until fully paid; and This Court finds Accused JOJIT SUMINTAC MALICDEM, NOT GUILTY for Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 4(a) and (e) in relation to Section 6(a) and (c) of Republic Act No. 9208 as amended by Republic Act No. 10364, thereby he is hereby ACQUITTED. SO ORDERED.