The Freeman

Pa indicted for sexual abuse

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A 42-year-old father is facing criminal charges in court for sexually abusing his 13-year-old daughter in 2016.

Assistant city prosecutor Misty Leah Escolar-Hupp found probable cause to indict the father for three counts of child abuse based on the testimony of his daughter.

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The prosecutor has recommende­d P600,000 bail for the accused’s temporary liberty.The FREEMAN withheld the names of both the father and the daughter to protect the identity of the victim.

The victim who is now 14 years old said her father

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12 years old from Upper San Vicente Liloan diagnosed with Leukemia needs financial assistance for her chemothera­py. had been sexually abusing her since she was 13. She remembered how her father abused her for the first time on August 9, 2016

The sexual abuse was repeated almost every night until November last year. The victim only had the chance to report her ordeal when her mother saw her crying one morning.

According to the

13 years old from Alaska, Mambaling, Cebu City diagnosed with severe Anemia needs financial assistance for her work up. from Tal-ut Valencia, Carcar City diagnosed with Immunodefi­ciency Syndrome needs financial assistance for his maintenanc­e which is Human Immunoglob­ulin. victim, she was forced to tell her mother of what had happened between her and the accused. The victim was brought by her mother to the police station.

“This act of sexual assault went on daily since then until the second week of November 2016. It would usually happen in the wee hours of the night,” the victim said.

The prosecutor’s office issued a subpoena to the respondent directing the latter to submit his counter affidavit.

The suspect, however, ignored the summon prompting the prosecutor’s office to resolve the complaint based on the evidence presented by the complainan­t.

Manto/FPL

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