G.R. No. 263264 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. KAREN AQUINO Y GABRIEL @ MAMA CHED, REY ROSAL Y BOBIS* @ DADA REY, JEFFREY DELA CRUZ Y SANCHEZ @ JEFF AND ERICSON MARIANO Y PERALDAL @ NICOLE, 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: 1. In Criminal Case No. 17-216-MAL , accused KAREN AQUINO [ y ] GABRIEL @ MAMA CHED, JEFFREY DELA CRUZ [ y ] SANCHEZ @ JEFF, ERICSON MARIANO [ y ] PERALDAL @ NICOLE are hereby found "GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT" of the crime of Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 4 in relation to Section 6(c) of R.A. No. 9208 as amended by R.A. 10364, and are hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of Two Million Pesos (Php2,060,000.00). Accused REY ROSAL [ y ] BOBIES @ DADA REY is found "GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT" as an accessory to the crime of qualified trafficking as defined and penalized under Section 4-C(a) of R.A. No. 9206 as amended by R.A. [No.] 10354, for which he is meted the penalty of imprisonment of fifteen (15) years and a fine of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500,000.00). Accused Aquino, Dela Cruz, and Mariano, are further ordered to pay jointly and severally minor complainant [AAA263264] the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php200,000.00) as moral damages and One Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php100,000.00) as exemplary damages. Accused Rosal, on the other hand, is ordered to pay minor [AAA263264] moral damages in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00) and exemplary damages in the amount of Php50,000.00) [sic]. 2. In Criminal Case No. 17-217-MAL , accused KAREN AQUINO [ y ] GABRIEL @ MAMA CHED, JEFFREY DELA CRUZ [ y ] SANCHEZ @ JEFF, ERICSON MARIANO [ y ] PERALDAL @ NICOLE are hereby found "GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT" of the crime of Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 4 in relation to Section 6 (c) of R.A. No. 9208 as amended by R.A. [No.] 10364, and are hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of Two Million Pesos (Php2,000,000.00). Accused REY ROSAL [ y ] BOBIES @ DADA REY is found "'GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT" as an accessory to the crime of qualified trafficking as defined and penalized under Section 4-C(a) of R.A. No. 9206 as amended by R.A. [No.] 10354, for which he is meted the penalty of imprisonment of fifteen (15) years and a fine of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500,000.00). Accused Aquino, Dela Cruz, and Mariano, are further ordered to pay jointly and severally minor complainant [BBB263264] the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 200,000.00) as moral damages and One Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 100,000.00) as exemplary damages. Accused Rosal, on the other hand, is ordered to pay minor [BBB263264] moral damages in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P[hp]100,000.00) and exemplary damages in the amount of Php50,000.00) [sic]. 3. In Criminal Case No. 17-218-MAL , accused KAREN AQUINO [ y ] GABRIEL @ MAMA CHED, JEFFREY DELA CRUZ [ y ] SANCHEZ @ JEFF, ERICSON MARIANO [ y ] PERALDAL @ NICOLE are hereby ACQUITTED of the crime of Qualified Trafficking in Persons for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Consi