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| The West Kowloon magistrate did not give credit to the employer's plea for mercy for the former employer |
A Filipina domestic helper who stole assorted jewelry valued
at $79,000 from her employer has been sentenced to 24 weeks in jail by a West Kowloon magistrate, despite a plea for leniency from
her former boss.
Rubelyn Nisperos, 33, also asked for a lesser penalty, but
Magistrate Winnie Lau gave her only the standard 1/3 discount for pleading
guilty to the offence at the sentencing today, Apr 21.
Nisperos had previously appeared before another magistrate
who ordered a background report before the sentencing.
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The defense counsel, reading the background report
today, said Nisperos arrived in Hong Kong in 2016 to work as a domestic helper to earn
money for her family.
He said the victim, Li Chung-yin from Cheung Sha Wan,
appealed for a lenient sentence for Nisperos due to the close relationship the
helper had with the employer’s family.
The magistrate said she did consider the employer’s plea, but
pointed out that the theft was a serious breach of trust, having been committed
inside the employer’s house.
Nisperos, who is married and has a 13-year-old daughter,
said through her lawyer that she needed money for the medication of her ailing
parents.
The theft was discovered by Li while she was cleaning her
bedroom on Feb 2. She noticed that nine pieces of jewelry, including a diamond
ring, four pairs of earrings, a gold pendant and gold bangles, were missing
from her cabinet.
When the employer confronted Nisperos about this, the maid
readily admitted taking the jewelry and pawning them.
The maid was arrested on Feb 2 and has been held without
bail since.
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This is the second case of a Filipina helper being jailed for stealing a substantial amount from her employer in the past five days.
On Apr 16, Sheila Grace Laidan was jailed for six months by
a Kowloon City
Another Filipina, Carmelita Nones, is being held in
connection with the biggest theft allegation made against a foreign domestic
worker in Hong Kong . She is accused of
stealing more than $1 million worth of jewelry from her employer, a former top
executive of New World Holdings.
