G.R. No. 118935 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. FERNANDO LO-AR Y BERING, ACCUSED-.

Ruling

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, this Court finds the accused FERNANDO LO-AR y BERING guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principal in the complex crime of FORCIBLE ABDUCTION WITH RAPE and taking into account the presence of the aggravating circumstance of use of motor vehicle in abducting the victim which is not off-set by any mitigating circumstances hereby sentences the said accused to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to pay the amount of P50,000.00 to private offended party Isabelita Campoy y Dampayla as moral damages and to pay the costs. Being a detention prisoner, the said accused is entitled to the full time of the period of his preventive detention provided he has abided with the conditions set forth in Article 29 of the Revised Penal Code. SO ORDERED.