MANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday sentenced a former Caloocan trial court judge to 30 years' imprisonment after finding him guilty of kissing and molesting three female staff.

The anti-graft court found former Metropolitan Trial Court branch 52 presiding judge Armando C. de Asa Sr. guilty of five counts of acts of lasciviousness and sentenced him to a maximum jail term of six years for each count, for a total of 30 years imprisonment.
 
He was also ordered to pay each of his victims P30,000 as moral damages and P10,000 as exemplary damages.

Case records showed MTC stenographers Floride Dawa and Femenina Barreto and casual employee Noraliz L. Jorgensen each filed complaints against de Asa for alleged kissing them when they brought papers for his signature.
 
Jorgensen said the judge kissed her on four separate occasions and even licked her left ear and whispered “I love you.” Three of the cases on which De Asa was convicted were based on her complaints.
 
The three female staff said the judge made his advances when they had to do some official transactions in his office.
 
Based on their complaints, the Supreme Court dismissed de Asa from government service on July 22, 1998 for "misconduct and immorality" and forfeited all his benefits.