Rapal was sentenced to six years and one month minimum imprisonment to a maximum of 10 years for each of his two graft charges. He was likewise ordered to pay back the municipality with P92,239.70 and P1,088,252.20, with legal interest of six percent per annum from finality of the decision until fully paid.
Meanwhile, he was acquitted of his graft and malversation charges due to the failure of the prosecution to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. On October 22, 2008 to June 15, 2009, Rapal once again converted to his personal use the amount of P92,239.70, which represented the 40 percent share of Corella in its joint undertaking with the Philippine Tarsier Foundation Inc. for the operation of the Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary. This represented the second graft charge as well as the estafa charge.
In its 60-page ruling, the anti-graft court pinned him down for two graft charges, estafa, and failure to render accounts. However, the anti-graft court was not persuaded. “Denial is a self-serving negative evidence that cannot be given greater weight than the declaration of credible witnesses who testified on affirmative matters,” the court ruled.
The anti-graft court said there is no amount of interpretation or argumentation that can place his act of downloading a game as within the ambit of his official duties as mayor. But since he paid for the personal games he download, the court ruled there is no undue injury against the government.
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