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| Eastern Magistrate Peter Law granted bail to the Filipina helper |
By Vir B. Lumicao
A Filipina domestic worker has denied a charge of attempted
theft filed against her by police for allegedly trying to steal three bottles
of hotel toiletries from her female employer.
The defendant, Thelma Damiago, pleaded not guilty to the
charge when she appeared before Eastern Magistrate Peter Law on Jan 22.
As a result, she will have to stand trial on Jan 31 during
which the prosecution will call the employer, and her other Filipino maid to the
witness stand.
Damiago was released on bail pending the trial.
She was arrested by police in October last year, after her employer complained that she had stolen a set of hotel shampoo, conditioner and lotion.
Damiago said she had given a month's notice of termination only two weeks earlier, citing as reason the alleged verbal abuse by her employer. She had been working for the employer for just two months then.
The maid had earlier complained to the Philippine Overseas
Labor Office, alleging her employer had verbally abused her since her first day
of work.
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