THE Supreme Court ordered the suspension of a General Santos City Regional Trial Court judge who took 10 years to rule on a rape case.

In a per curiam decision, the Supreme Court en banc meted a two-year suspension of General Santos City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 35 Presiding Judge Oscar Noel Jr. for gross neglect of duty in his capacity as assisting judge for the town of Alabel in the province of Sarangani.

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