WOMAN FROM TAGUIG CITY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR

CREATING CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION MATERIALS.

A WOMAN WHO CREATED CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION MATERIALS,

INCLUDING LIVE VIDEO STREAMS, WAS SENTENCED TO RECLUSION
PERPETUA OR LIFE IN PRISONMENT ON OCTOBER 15. TGIS BRINGS
THE TALLY OF CONVICTIONS FOR ONLINE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF
CHILDREN DURING THE COMMUNITY QUARANTINE TO 15, IN CASES
SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION
JUDGE ELISA R. SARMIENTO-FLORES OF TAGUIG CITY REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT BRANCH 163 FOUND THE ACCUSED GUILTY OF VIOLATING
REPUBLIC ACT. 1-0-1-7-5 OR CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT IN
RELATION TO REPUBLIC ACT. 9-7-7-5 OR ANTI CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
ACT. ASIDE FROM BEING SENTENCED TO RECLUSION PERPETUA, THE
PERPETRATOR WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF 2 MILLION
PESOS AND PAY EACH OF HER THREE VICTINS 500,000 IN MORAL
DAMAGES AND 100,000 IN EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.
THIS MARKS THE 15 CONVICTION WON IN CASES SUPPORTED BY THE
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION DURING THE COMMUNITY
QUARANTINE. THE CASE STEMMED FROM A REFERRAL FROM THE
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE WHO ARRESTED IN 2015 A CHILD SEX
OFFENDER IN AUSTRALIA. THE OFFENDER ADMITTED TO VIEWING
CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION MATERIALS AND LIVESTRAMS OF CHILD
SEXUAL ABUSE FROM THE FILIPINO PERPETRATOR.
INTER – AGENCY COUNCIL AGAINST TRAFFICKING EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR JINKY DEDUMO HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THE
CONVICTION; “ I’M ELATED THAT WE’RE ABLE TO SECURE ANOTHER
CONVICTION AGAINST A PERPETRATOR OF ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL
ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION. MY HOPE IS THAT THIS CONVICTION
HELPS HASTING THE HEALING FOR THE THREE SURVIVORS. WE CAN
SEE HOW GOVERNMENT PROSECUTORS ARE FULLY COMITTED TO
THIS WORK OF DELIVERING JUSTICE TO ALL CHILDREN WHOSE LIVES
HAVE BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BY THIS HORRENDUS CRIME.”
ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR DAVE GO, FOR HIS PART SAID: “WE ARE
THANKFUL FOR THE DECISION OF PRESIDING JUDGE ELISA R.
SARMIENTO-FLORES. He continued, “ MAY THIS SERVE AS A
CONSTANT REMINDER THAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
HAS NO PLACE IN ANY SOCIETY. WE PRAY THAT THE CHILDREN FIND
PEACE AND HEALING. WE PRAY THAT THE CHILDREN FIND PEACE AND
HEALING.”

AND THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF CITY PROSECUTOR DAVE GO, BACK
TO YOU TED.