Cop intern faces 4 counts of rape

Sunday, February 5, 2012

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Four counts of rape will be filed today, Monday, against a criminology student who is on an internship at the city police here.

Arrested last Friday in an entrapment operation inside a lodging house was Darryl dela Cuesta, 29, fourth year criminology student.

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Dela Cuesta was accused by a certain Irene (not her real name), 16, of raping her four times in different instances since last year. The latest was last January 29, she told police.

The suspect, she said, wanted to have again sex with her so she sought the help of the local police to arrest him.

Dela Cuesta vehemently denied the charges.

He said he and Irene are "sweethearts" and the sex they had was with her consent.

He denied having raped the teenager.

He told police that Irene would go with him inside the inn without force.

But police said that since Irene is still a minor, dela Cuesta would still be facing charges under the Anti-Rape Law of 1997 and the Anti-Child Abuse Act, reports said.

A social worker said what happened with Irene and the suspect was a case of date rape.

Date rape, she explained, occurs when one forces another person to have sex.

In cases of date rape, the victim agreed to spend time with the attacker. Perhaps, even went out with the attacker more than once.

Date rape, she stressed, is still rape.

The police said Irene is bent on filing the charges against Dela Cuesta.