"Teresa kept the rape incident secret until the evening of June 7, 1998, when Teresa was eating dinner with the family and Antonio asked her if anything happened to her. She admitted that ‘Teryo’ had raped her. "Her revelation prompted Antonio to report the rape incident. He and Teresa then went to her uncle ‘Ruben’, who then accompanied them to their Barangay Captain, Eusebio Cerdeña. From Cerdeña’s house, they all proceeded to the police station of San Manuel, where the rape incident was reported and blottered. Teresa Nana also executed her sworn statement. "Teresa was thereafter subjected to physical examination by Dr. Julie Alcancia, attending physician at the Don Amadeo Perez Sr. Memorial General Hospital. She wrote down her findings in a Medical Certificate, as follows: chanrob1es virtual 1aw library This is to certify that TERESA NANA, 13 years old, of Arzadon, San Antonio, San Manuel, Pangasinan, was examined and treated/confined in this hospital on/from June 8, 1998 to OPD with the following findings and/or diagnosis: chanrob1es virtual 1aw library — Fairly developed; fairly nourished; ambulatory. PE: Vagina — Healed lacerations noticed 1 o’clock; 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock; 9 o’clock. Internal Exam: Admits 2 finger[s] with ease. — Uterus — small — Bleeding (-) "11 (Citations omitted) chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary Defense’s Version In his "Joint Brief," 12 appellant contends that the Criminal Complaints for rape filed against him before the PNP of San Manuel, Pangasinan, were a product of conspiracy. He claims that the Nana sisters, Mirasol and Teresa — upon the instigation of their father, Antonio Corpuz, and their relative Ruben Corpuz — filed the Complaints to extort money from him, as he was in charge of the collection of irrigation fees from farmers. 13 He averred that he was already 63 years old when the alleged rape incidents occurred; therefore, he could not have committed the acts complained of. He also denied the allegation of Mirasol that he had extended an invitation to her and her sister Loida "to come and get corn." He pointed out that on January 17, 1998 and January 22, 1998, the agricultural crops he had planted on his farm were palay and tobacco, not corn. 14 During the hearing of the joint cases against him, appellant make the following declarations: jgc:chanrobles.com.ph ". . . that he is married with five children. That as farmer, his farm is located at San Antonio, Arzadon, San Manuel, Pangasinan. That in January, 1998, his farm [was] planted with palay and tobacco. That all the adjoining lands to his land were planted with palay. He knows Mirasol