G.R. No. 238213 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. HELEN LAPENA, ACCUSED-.DECISION - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered finding accused Helen Lapena GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT of the crime of Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 6(a) of RA 9208. Pursuant to Section 10(c) of RA 9208, accused is sentenced to suffer the penalty of LIFE IMPRISONMENT and to pay a fine of Two Million Pesos (P2,000,000.00). Accused is ordered to pay the minor complainants Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) each as moral damages and Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) as exemplary damages. The Court cannot pronounce the liabilities of accused-at-large Shirley Navarro and Janelyn Dela Cruz as jurisdiction over their persons have not been acquired. In the meantime, let an Alias Warrant of Arrest be issued against accused Shirley Navarro and Janelyn Dela Cruz. Pending their apprehension, the case against them shall be sent to the archives. SO ORDERED.