Aggravating circumstances; ignominy

PEOPLE VS TORREFIEL

45 OG 803

FACTS:

The Accused and his companion were guerillas of the USAFFE

On their way to the headquarters, they stopped at the house of the offended party and asked her husband
khaki clothes.

The offended party accused them of being looters. They then decided to bring the spouses to their
headquarters supposedly to investigate the accusations.

The accused was initially assigned to accompany the husband and his companion the wife. However, the
accused was lost on their way, which led to escape of the husband.

He eventually kept up with his companion, who, after realizing that the husband escaped, left the wife
with the accused to look for said husband.

The wife then testified that the accused, after winding cogon grass around his genital organ, raped her.

ISSUE: WON the aggravating circumstance of ignominy can be appreciated

HELD: YES.

The court appreciated the aggravating circumstance stating that the manner of commission augmented
the wrong done by increasing the pain and adding ignominy thereto.