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| The Filipina defendant pleaded guilty to theft at Fanling Court |
A Filipina resident of Hong Kong
has been sentenced to 20 days in jail after admitting she stole more than
$2,000 worth of goods from a fashion store in Central.
S. Coronel, a renovation decorator, pleaded guilty to one
count of theft before Fan Ling Magistrate Don So on Friday, Mar 6.
It was her second prosecution for shop theft since she was convicted of a similar offence in December last year.
The prosecution said Coronel went to the Marks & Spencer
store on Queen’s Road Central on the evening of Feb 21 and took a pair of black
sunglasses, a pair of black leather boots and a black hat. The three items were
worth a total of $2,147.
She put the items in her shopping bag, unaware that she was
being watched by a store staff, the prosecution said.
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The defendant then walked to the exit without paying for the
goods, but the staff followed her and intercepted her outside the store.
When the staff checked her bag, she found the unpaid goods
inside, the prosecution said.
The defendant claimed she only forgot to pay for the items.
The staff called the police and she was arrested. Police
later searched her room at Grand City Hotel in Sai Ying Pun but did not find
other stolen items.
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The prosecution said the defendant had three previous
convictions, all similar shop theft offenses.
In mitigation, her counsel from the Duty Lawyer Service said
Coronel, who was earning $7,000-8,000 a month, is a divorcee with two
daughters. She is supporting her younger daughter in the Philippines
The lawyer requested for a lenient sentence, saying that his
client had not wasted court time by pleading guilty. He said Coronel wanted to
go back home after serving out her sentence.
Magistrate So ordered Coronel to spend 20 days in jail,
discounted for her guilty plea.
On Dec 3 last year, the woman was fined $1,000 and jailed 14
days after she pleaded guilty in Eastern Court to three counts of
theft, two of which she committed while on bail for the first offense.
But she was immediately released because she had spent
enough time in remand since her arrest on Nov 6 for the second and third
offenses.
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