A 28-year-old man from Caloocan was arrested this week after agreeing to meet with a co-worker whom he has been accused of raping.
According to the Quezon City Police District, Emmanuel Bernardo was arrested at Nova Plaza Mall in Novaliches, Quezon City where he was supposed to meet with a 20-year-old woman he allegedly drugged and raped.
The complainant said she received a call from Bernardo at around noon last Saturday. He supposedly told her to meet him and her older brother at a mall on Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue in Quezon City. When she arrived, only Bernardo was there.
While waiting, Bernardo offered her juice. She said she soon felt dizzy and the suspect assisted her and brought her to a motel, also on EDSA.
“When she regained consciousness, she said she discovered that she was already naked and found out that she had been sexually molested,” the police said. The victim then allegedly started kissing her despite resistance.
He only stopped when her mobile phone rang. “She was then told to fix herself and (he) sent her home,” police said.
The victim reported the incident to her brother and father who brought the case to the Masambong Police Station.
She then arranged a meeting with Bernardo, who, she said, had been texting and calling her after the incident.
Bernardo has been charged at the Quezon City prosecutor’s office.
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Photo: Nova Plaza Mall
