Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT8th Judicial RegionBranch 23Allen, Northern Samar

Sps. MILDRED CASTILLO andENER LEDESMA., Criminal Case No. Complainants, For: Violation of RA 7610 (Child Abuse) -versus-ROCHELLE CASTILLO,Defendant,x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -xCOMPLAINT-AFFIDAVIT

We, MILDRED CASTILLO and ENER LEDESMA, all of legal age, Filipino citizens, Husband and wife to each other and residents ofBrgy. San Roque, San Isidro, Northern Samar, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law hereby depose and say:

1. That sometime on April 2010, when the herein complainants were inside their house at Brgy. San Roque, San Isidro, Nothern Samar, the herein respondent entered into their parking lot where the motor vehicle (scooter) Wave 125 was parked, and hit the same using sledge hammer without any reason, and thereafter, destroyed their electricity connections using a long bolo;

2. That the herein complainants did not report the circumstances to the police authorities and even to the Brgy. because the herein respondent is the brother of herein complainant Mildred, and she dont want to make things worse between them, so they decided not to charge the herein defendant;

3. That on August 15, 2011 around eight oclock in the morning (8:00am), while the sister of the herein complainant Lynie Kuchar was carrying her child Kera, the herein repondent threw a big stone to Lynie her child but because of poor aim, it did not hit Lynie and the child, instead it hit the glass window of the house which hit the cousin of the herein complainants named Randing, and then the respondent got near Lynie and shouted at her saying , Ill be headed you and that child, Youll not be rich if you did not become a prostitute or hostess;

4. That the herein respondent said that, he will kill the herein complainants and will behead their children named Shekhiera Lyn Ledesma and Cherry Rose Ledesma if they go home at Brgy. San Roque, San Isidro, Northern Samar, attached hereto is the copy of the Brgy. blotter marked as Annex A;

5. That said acts of the herein respondent endangered and/or impaired the childs physical and emotional health development;

6. That the above-mentioned acts of the respondent clearly constitute violation of R.A 7610. (An act providing stronger deterrence and special protection against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination, and for other purposes);

7. R.A 7610 provides, Article I, Section 3, paragraph C-"Circumstances which gravely threaten or endanger the survival and normal development of children" include, but are not limited to, the following;(1) Being in a community where there is armed conflict or being affected by armed conflict-related activities;(2) Working under conditions hazardous to life, safety and normal which unduly interfere with their normal development;(3) Living in or fending for themselves in the streets of urban or rural areas without the care of parents or a guardian or basic services needed for a good quality of life;(4) Being a member of a indigenous cultural community and/or living under conditions of extreme poverty or in an area which is underdeveloped and/or lacks or has inadequate access to basic services needed for a good quality of life;(5) Being a victim of a man-made or natural disaster or calamity; or(6) Circumstances analogous to those abovestated which endanger the life, safety or normal development of children;8. That as shown above, respondents actions were prompted by ill-will, spite and evil motives, as they were deliberately done to threaten or endanger the lives of the children;

9. That base on the foregoing, it is clear that the respondent should be charged with the violation of R.A 7610;

10. That the complainantsare executing this complaint-affidavit to attest the truth of the foregoing statements, for the purpose of instituting criminal procedings against respondent Rochelle Castillo for the violation of R.A 7610, and any other applicable crimes as maybe determined by this honorable court.

MILDRED CASTILLO ENER LEDESMA Affiant Affiant

SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me this ___ day of __________, 2015 at Catarman, Northern Samar. Affiants exhibited to me their ID Nos._______________________________________________________________________as competent evidence of their identities.

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CERTIFICATION

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have personally examined the herein affiants and I am satisfied that they fully understood all the allegations contained in their herein Complaint-Affidavit and that they voluntarily executed the same.

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