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2003-08-14 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Where the testimony of the victim meets the test of credibility, we have consistently held that a woman who says she has been raped in effect says all that is necessary to show that rape has been inflicted on her.[20] This is especially true for minors because no woman, especially one of tender age, would concoct a story of defloration, allow an examination of her private parts and be subjected to public trial and humiliation if her claim is not true.[21] In this case, no motive has been shown on the part of the victim why she would falsely charge her neighbor of the crimes of repeated rape. | |||||