FOLLOWING eight years of trial, the Regional Trial Court Branch 33 of Davao City has rendered a decision in the case of American national John F. Stanfield, also known as Bill Rush. Stanfield has been found guilty on multiple counts of heinous crimes, including four counts of qualified trafficking in persons, five counts of rape through sexual assault, one count of attempted rape, and four counts of child abuse.
Accordingly, from April to December 2014, after befriending DDD’s mother, Brion and Stanfield were able to take the victim with them on the pretext of taking her to the mall and giving her money and toys but were instead repeatedly sexually abused within this period.The same also happened to their second and third victim, who were aged 8 and 5 years old at that time.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)