So young, yet so savage.
At the age of 23, no one would believe that Liezyl Margallo was already a wanted woman for committing some of the most gruesome crimes against children.
But on January 24, 2017, Margallo, who has previously eluded authorities several times, was finally arrested in Malapascua Island off the mainland northern Cebu town of Daanbantayan. She was the live-in partner and supposed accomplice of Australian national Peter Gerard Scully, who was arrested by the NBI in Malaybalay, Bukidnon in February 2015 for child pornography.
Margallo lures street children by promising their parents that she will take care of them. But once in her custody, she forces them to perform sexual acts on camera, oftentimes torturing them, with some resulting in death. These gruesome live stream videos fetch for about $10,000, making a lucrative black market industry with patrons from Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Police identified one of the videos as "the worst" of them all - the one titled "Destruction of Daisy".
The video featured a 12-year old girl known as Daisy. She was hung upside down with her legs spread apart. The little girl screamed in pain as an older girl, later identified as Margallo herself, poured hot wax on her private parts while whipping her with a belt.
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"Daisy" died due to severe injuries while eight of the remaining children used in the video were rescued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
�It was too much. There are really just some people who are not afraid of God. Children were treated like dolls. They were tortured and exposed to too much pain. Anyone who do [sic] that is not normal. I could not help but cry when I saw the video,� said lawyer Janet Francisco, head of the Manila-based NBI Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTRAD).
Margallo has already admitted to the allegations and will be charged with violations of Republic Act 9995 or the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009; Republic Act 9610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act; and Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.
With heinous crimes such as these, is it about time to revive the Death Penalty?
Source: TNP, CebuDailyNews
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