ON Jan. 20, 2025, a strong-minded and determined 15-year-old named Jessa (not her real name), who was healed and empowered at the Preda Foundation's home for abused children, won her case against her grandfather Emmanuel "Lolo Manny" Clave of Del Pilar village, Castillejos town, Zambales, in the Olongapo City Film Court Branch 12 of Judge Gemma Theresa Hilario-Logronio. She did so with the help of prosecutor Bernadine S. Santos.
Clave was convicted of nine counts of qualified rape and one count of qualified rape by sexual assault. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for every rape count. If that sentence wasn't long enough for him to repent and ask for forgiveness, he was also given 13 to 16 more years for sexual assault. In addition, he was also fined a total of P815,000.
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