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The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a man for trafficking a 14-year-old girl in July 2011, ruling that a victim's past sexual behavior is inadmissible evidence in child sexual abuse cases.In an 18-page decision promulgated in May, the SC found the accused guilty of qualified trafficking in persons under the Anti-Trafficking of Persons Act of 2003.The SC sentenced him to three counts of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P2 million per count, totaling P6 million.
The Regional Trial Court convicted him, while the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision. This prompted him to file the present petition before the Supreme Court.In its ruling, the SC said all the elements of trafficking were met in the case.The High Court also dismissed his defense that AAA was supposedly a known prostitute.
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