G.R. No. 273100 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. APRIL JANE "LALING" BANGUIS ALBET, ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Wherefore, all the foregoing premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered: a) In Criminal Case No. CR-ORD-2016-962, the Court finds the accused April Jane "Laling" Banguis Albet, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of qualified trafficking in persons, defined and penalized in Sec. 3(a) in relation to Sec. 4(a) and Sec. 6(a), of R.A. No. 9208, as amended by R.A. No. 10364, the "Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act [of] 2012[."] Accordingly, she is sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment of twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than One million pesos ([PHP] 1,000,000.00). Accused is further ordered to pay the heirs of the victim the sum of [PHP] 75,000.00 as moral damages and another [PHP] 75,000.00 as exemplary damages, both with legal interest of six percent (6%) per annum from the finality of this judgment until full payment; and b) In Criminal Case No. CR-ORD-2016-963, the Court finds the accused April Jane "Laling" Banguis Albet, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of child abuse, for promoting and inducing child prostitution, defined and penalized in Section 5(a) of Republic Act 7610; and sentences her the penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period to reclusion perpetua. SO ORDERED.