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| One of the defendants pleaded guilty in Kowloon City court to stealing goods worth $2.5k from H&M |
A Filipina teenager has pleaded guilty at Kowloon City court
to stealing merchandise worth $2,500 from an H&M store outlet in Tsim Sha Tsui,
while her two co-accused who are sisters, have been allowed to get a lawyer
before responding to the charges.
M. A., 18, who was assisted by counsel, admitted one charge
of theft today, Aug 27, before Magistrate Ada Yim.
M.A. and her two accused, J.D, 18; and T.D. 21,
were arrested at around 3:45pm on May 23 after allegedly taking various
clothes and accessories from the H&M shop at Silvercord Shopping Centre on Canton
Road, then leaving without paying.
The prosecution said the three had earlier admitted
committing the theft out of greed.
But in court, the sisters requested to postpone their
plea-taking so they could engage a lawyer.
Magistrate Yim granted the request, and told them to go to
the Duty Lawyer Service and return to court on Oct 8 to enter their plea.
Only M.A. proceeded with the plea-taking because she had a
court-provided lawyer. She pleaded guilty after being read the charge.
The magistrate put off sentencing until Oct 5 pending
a probation report, and extended the defendant’s bail.
The prosecutor said M.A. had a clear record. She described the
three as students.
A prosecution report said that a guard at the H&M shop
had noticed three acting suspiciously and decided to keep an eye on them.
After a while, the guard allegedly saw the sisters put
different clothing, accessories and cosmetic items into two shopping bags while their friend followed them.
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| The alleged theft took place in an H&M store in Tsim Sha Tsui |
The younger sibling and M.A. then allegedly entered the changing
room with the shopping bags and came out around 4pm with just the rucksacks on
their backs. The three then fled the shop towards Canton Road
The guard chased and intercepted them. The three allegedly
refused to have their rucksacks inspected, so the police were called.
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Allegedly stolen apart from the rucksacks were a black waist
bag, white handbag, a bracelet, 3 necklaces, 3 rings, 4 pairs of earrings, 7
hair clips, a bottle of cologne, 2 lip glosses, 2 eye shadow pencils, a box of
nail tips, 3 boxes of facial cream, 8 surgical masks, brown belt, black dress,
black tank top, a pink T-shirt, 2 white T-shirts and a pair of sunglasses.
The three were arrested on the spot but were later released on
bail after investigation.
Meanwhile, a Filipino youth who was charged with two others of
robbing a Tsim Sha Tsui watch shop owner of a timepiece worth $1.4 million early
this month was refused his third bail application by Yim.
Denzel Ray Banaag, who is charged with a fellow Filipino and
a Pakistani, failed to convince Yim to allow him to post bail for $25,000.
The magistrate said the alleged offense was serious, and
there was a big chance the accused might abscond, as he had done in previous
police cases.
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