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| The case was heard at Kowloon City court today, and will resume on Sept 21 |
A Filipina domestic helper was charged in Kowloon City Court
today, Aug 10, of stealing $860,000 worth of branded watches and jewelry, as
well as gold bars, from her female employer in Homantin, Kowloon
The defendant, Edarlyn Emperador, 50, was arrested by police
on Aug 7 and charged with theft before Magistrate Ada Yim. No plea was taken as
the prosecution said police were continuing their investigation and trying to
recover the stolen items.
The prosecution said that the theft happened between Oct 1,
2019 and Aug 6, 2020 inside the employer’s house at Block A, Celestial House.
Allegedly stolen were a Rolex watch, three Patek Philippe
watches, a white gold Piaget watch, a Roger Dubuis watch, one pair of Hermes
earrings, a platinum Roger Dubuis necklace and gold bars.
Emperador is accused of pawning the items, as pawnshop
receipts were allegedly recovered from her belongings.
The employer allegedly discovered that her watches and
jewelry were missing when she tried to look for her Rolex watch in her closet
on the evening of Aug 3. As she searched the closet, she found out that her
other watches and jewelry were also missing.
On Aug 6 the employer reportedly asked the defendant about
the missing valuables, and she reportedly confessed taking them.
The employer reported the theft to police the next morning
and Emperador was arrested,
The items alleged to have been stolen were a Rolex watch, three
Patek Philippe watches, a white gold Piaget watch, a Roger Dubuis watch, one
pair of Hermes earrings, a platinum Roger Dubuis necklace and gold bars.
Magistrate Yim adjourned the case to Sept 21 at the
request of the prosecution, who said police needed more time to investigate and
retrieve the stolen property from the pawnshop.
Magistrate Yim remanded Emperador in custody as the
defendant made no application for bail.
Emperador’s is the latest in a string of cases involving
Filipina helpers stealing large amounts of jewelry and cash from their
employers in recent months, some of which are still pending in court.
