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WHEREFORE , premises considered, the Court hereby rendered judgment as follows: 1. For Criminal Cases Nos. 2021-567FC (sic): Accused Monica Labandelo y Elayda alias Monica Corum is hereby found GUILTY of [q]ualified trafficking in persons under Section 4(a) in relation to Section 6(a) of R.A.
WHEREFORE , premises considered, the Court hereby rendered judgment as follows: 1. For Criminal Cases Nos. 2021-567FC (sic): Accused Monica Labandelo y Elayda alias Monica Corum is hereby found GUILTY of [q]ualified trafficking in persons under Section 4(a) in relation to Section 6(a) of R.A. 9208 as amended by R.A. 10364. She is hereby sentenced to suffer life imprisonment and to pay [a] fine of [T]wo [M]illion [P]esos ([PHP] 2,000,000.00) and to pay minor [AAA] the amounts of [PHP] 500,000.00 as moral damages and [PHP] 100,000.00 as exemplary damages with legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from finality of this Decision until fully paid; [and] 2. For Criminal Cases Nos. 2021-569FC (sic), Accused is hereby found GUILTY [of] violation of Section 10 (a) of R.A. No. 7610 otherwise known as the "Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act" and she is sentenced to suffer an imprisonment [of] 4 years, 9 months and 11 days of prision cor[r]eccional as minimum to six (6) years[,] eight months[,] and one day of prision mayor as maximum. SO ORDERED.