G.R. No. 262749 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. JJJ,* ACCUSED-.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

Accordingly, another police officer disguised himself as a Lazada courier and handed the cellular phone to accused-appellant. The latter confirmed the delivery when she sent PO3 Paglinawan pictures of her and BBB showing that they received the cellular phone. [27] Upon verification of accused-appellant's address, PO3 Paglinawan informed Police Senior Superintendent Gemma C. Vinluan (PS/Supt. Vinluan), Chief of WCPC LFU, regarding the development of their investigation conducted against accused-appellant. PS/Supt. Vinluan approved the recommended courses of action to be taken the simultaneous entrapment operation, and rescue. [28] On October 8, 2018, the date of the agreed "show", and following a pre-operational briefing, the joint elements of WCPC LFU and the Laguna Provincial Police Office proceeded to the address of accused­-appellant for the entrapment operation. The teams strategically positioned themselves while waiting for the go signal of PO3 Paglinawan. At around 5:10 a.m., accused-appellant started chatting with PO3 Paglinawan on Facebook Messenger and discussed with her the cost of the show. When PO3 Paglinawan asked for an overview of the "show", accused-appellant informed her that BBB will show her naked body and play with her vagina; accused-appellant even offered to get naked in front of the camera as well. [29] The Skype video call took about 10 minutes and 30 seconds. During the video call, BBB, with accused-appellant by her side, undressed, posed, and played with her vagina in front of the camera. While the show was ongoing, PO3 Paglinawan gave her go signal. Thereupon, the team entered accused-appellant's house. Thereat, P/Insp. Pacuyan found accused-appellant, BBB, and CCC inside a room. [30] During the arrest of accused-appellant, KKK, the mother of BBB and AAA, came to the scene and demanded the release of BBB. P/Insp. Pacuyan also arrested KKK as she admitted to the media personnel from GMA 7 that she had knowledge of the illegal activities of accused­appellant committed against her children. [31] BBB testified that accused-appellant is her step-grandmother and that she began performing shows for accused-appellant's foreign customers when she was in Grade 5. The "shows" she performed meant that she had to remove all her clothes and bend over or spread her legs to show her vagina in front of the camera while the foreigners were watching. Accused-appellant would make her do shows two to three times in a day, and in exchange, accused-appellant would give her money ranging from PHP 50.00 to PHP 100.00. [32] During trial, AAA stated that she also did "shows" for the foreign customers of accused-appellant when she was in kindergarten. When asked about the definition of the "show," she explained that she had to undress and display her private parts in front of a camera. She further alleged that her step-grandmother (herein accused-appellant), would instruct her to hold an orange object shaped like a penis and put it inside her mo