PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. XXX

Ruling

WHEREFORE, this Court finds ... [XXX]: NOT GUILTY in Criminal [Case] Nos. 13-1156, 13-1157 and 13-1158, all for violation of Republic Act No. 7610, for the failure of the prosecution to prove his guilt beyond [a] reasonable doubt. He is however, as damages, ordered to pay the victim, AAA, the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 75,000.00) as civil indemnity, Seventy Five Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 75,000.00) as moral damages, and Seventy Five Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 75,000.00) [as] exemplary damages for each of the three (3) cases all with legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from finality of this Decision until full payment. GUILTY in Criminal Case No. 13-1155, for Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Republic Act No. 9208, and is hereby sentenced to suffer the penalty of LIFE IMPRISONMENT and pay a fine of Two Million Pesos ([PHP] 2,000,000.00). He is likewise ordered to pay AAA the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos ([PHP] 500,000.00) as moral damages, and One Hundred Thousand Pesos ([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 full payment. SO ORDERED.