By Vir B. Lumicao
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| The helper said she thought the items she took without permission were no longer used |
A 43-year-old Filipina helper who had earlier terminated her
work contract has been jailed two months by a Kwun Tong magistrate for taking several
items she thought her employers in Lohas
Park
Rosemarie Villon was sentenced by Magistrate Ivy Chui on
Tuesday, Jan 7, after she pleaded guilty to one count of theft.
The stolen properties worth more than $4,300 comprised of a
waistbag, a gold tie clip, three USB flash drives, four T-shirts, a bottle
opener, power bank and wristband, 15 pieces of hair accessories, a yellow
cosmetic bag containing one liquid foundation, a box of pressed powder, two
eyebrow pencils, one lip pencil and one necklace valued at $1,000.
All items were recovered, except for four T-shirts and hair
accessories.
Villon was arrested on Nov 30, the same day her
employers in Le Prestige, Lohas
Park
They reported to the police, who searched the room and her
belongings and found the other items, except for the tie clip and hair
accessories.
During investigation, she admitted under caution that she
began taking the items on her second week with the family. She said she took
other items in storage that she thought were no longer used and kept them in a
drawer under her bed.
Her lawyer asked for leniency, saying the items were of low
or no value, but Chui brushed this aside, saying Villon had breached her
employer’s trust by taking them without permission.
The magistrate said that even if some belongings are no
longer used, families store them for sentimental reasons.
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Villon was arrested just eight days before she was to leave
for home after resigning from her job of less than four months. She began working for the family in August
last year but on Nov 3, gave notice that she was resigning, saying she wanted
to go home and take care of her four children.
She said she would leave on Nov 17 but her employers asked
her to stay until Dec 7.
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