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2009-12-21 |
NACHURA, J. |
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| Moreover, no woman, especially one of tender age like AAA, would concoct a rape complaint and would, at the same time, allow a gynecological examination on herself, as well as subject herself to a public trial if she were not motivated by the desire to have her offender apprehended and punished.[11] | |||||
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2002-07-23 |
KAPUNAN, J. |
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| accused-appellant over her, and his threats against her and her family.[125] It is extant from the records that Cherry Grace testified that the accused-appellant threatened to kill her and her family if she divulged to anybody what he had been doing to her. It was thus quite natural for her to be scared and to keep her horrible ordeal to herself until she found enough courage to disclose the same to her grandmother. Cherry Grace's reluctance to disclose what the accused-appellant did to her did not render her testimony unworthy of belief. Settled is the rule that delay in reporting a rape incident due to death threats are not to be taken against the victim.[126] Furthermore, it bears stressing that Cherry Grace indeed may have failed to escape from the accused-appellant at the earliest opportunity, and even stayed at home even after he raped her fourteen (14) times, but "different people react differently to different situations and | |||||