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| The jewelry thefts were allegedly committed in this estate |
A Filipina domestic helper who denied stealing 28 pieces of gold and diamond jewelry from her former employer is set to stand trial at Eastern Court on Apr 2-3.
Maribel P. Bringas, 42 years old, pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of theft when she appeared before Magistrate Kestrel Lam on Mar. 11. She was returned to jail pending her trial.
She is accused of stealing various pieces of jewelry
from her employer Wu Pui Yan in her flat at East Garden, Tung Shan Terrace in
Happy Valley, between May 9 and July 12 last year, worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
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She was initially charged with stealing one gold
pendant, one gold bracelet and one gold necklace estimated to be worth round
$200,000 on May 14, when she first appeared in court.
However, 11 more charges of theft have since been
laid against her.
In the second charge, she is accused of stealing one
jade pendant from Wu on May 9, 2024.
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On May 20 of the same year, she again allegedly stole
a diamond bracelet, and three days later, again took two gold pendants and two
gold bracelets.
On May 31, she is accused of stealing one diamond
ring and one gold ring. A sixth charge accused her of taking four pieces of jewelry
on May 18: two gold pendants, one gold bracelet and one gold ring.
For the seventh charge, she is accused of stealing one
gold bracelet and one pendant on Jun 27, 2024.
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The eighth charge is over a gold ring and a gold
bracelet that she allegedly took on May 20; while the ninth charge alleges she
stole another gold pendant on Jun 3.
The 10th charge is over two gold
bracelets and one gold pendant she allegedly stole on Jun 24; the 11th
s over two gold bracelets and one gold necklace she took on July 12, and the
last is over two gold rings she is alleged to have stolen on Jun 7.
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Bringas who has been in jail since her arrest on Jan
17 this year, denied all the charges.
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