Man gets 14,400 yrs for rape of daughter
What I don't understand is why the court commuted the death sentence ............... To me, he deserves to die ..
A rickshaw driver from Los Banos (pictured) has been sentenced to 14,400 years in prison for raping his daughter nearly every day for a year
A trial court originally condemned the man, to die but the Court of Appeals in Manila commuted the sentence to 40 years for each count, according to a court decision seen today.
The defendant can still appeal to the Supreme Court, although it was not clear if he would.
The then-13-year-old victim, now 22, said her ordeal began in January 2001, when her mother left for work in Hong Kong as a domestic helper and left her three children with their father in Los Banos, a township just south of Manila.
The ordeal only ended after she and her siblings spent a holiday with their mother's relatives.
Reluctant to return to her father at the end of the holiday, she broke down and told her family about the abuse. Her mother returned home from Hong Kong and helped her file the case.
The appeals court affirmed the lower court's dismissal of the defence's contention that the man's wife made up the allegations to get custody of the children and marry a foreigner.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314806/Father-jailed-14-400-yea...
WK what I feel is that as per the rule good behaviour and good work performance are rewarded by a reduction in the jail term. So if a criminal behaves well during is stay it may drastically reduce his term depending on the appraisal by his warden. So dangerous criminals are given such long sentences so that they are imprisoned for life even if they behave like a saint.
hard measures should be taken, his cock should be chopped off!
Brit, Thats why I beleive in God, theres no fair trial in this world and life is too short.
Don't kill him. It's too soft a punishment for the trauma he caused his daughter. Let the monster hang by his b**** for the duration of his life sentence.
I agree, but it does not bring closure for the victim.
life sentence is more miserable than death...thats y sentenced-for-life-prisoners have the highest suicide rate in jails
anyway, this guy deserves the highest level of misery
castration and life term may be the right sentence
That is all? He should of been killed!!
hmmm ...
Exactly.. The cost is borne by the tax payer..
I could never understand the rationale behind these long sentences.