The SUN HK : Filipina DH jailed 10 weeks for stealing $13.5k from employer’s daughters

27 May 2021

By Vir B. Lumicao

The theft happened in the employer's house in posh Robinson Place in Mid-Levels

A 34-year-old Filipina domestic helper has been ordered jailed for 10 weeks after she admitted stealing $13,500 from her employers’ two daughters in their flat at 70 Robinson Road, Central.

Grace Alla, a mother of two girls, pleaded guilty to one count of theft when she appeared today, May 27, before Eastern Court Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong.

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Alla allegedly stole $2,000 belonging to the employers’ 17-year-old daughter and another $11,500 from their 16-year-old daughter between mid-March and May 3. The family, including a young son, lived in the flat with Alla, who they hired last October.

According to the prosecution, the elder sister put $2,000 in an unlocked safe in her bedroom drawer in mid-March and made sure of the amount. On Apr 17, her younger sister placed $12,480 in another unlocked safe in her bedroom drawer and checked the amount, too.

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No one entered the bedrooms during the period but the helper and their family members.

On May 3, the elder daughter discovered her $2,000 missing from the first safe, while her sister found out $11,500 of her money was gone. They reported the incident to their mother, who asked the helper.

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The defendant admitted she took the money and signed a letter of agreement with the victims’ mother that she took $13,000 from the two daughters.

The defendant was later fired and reported to the police on May 5. She was arrested and during interrogation claimed that she stole only $8,000.

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The victims asked to be repaid but the defendant said she had no money.

The defense lawyer said the defendant came to Hong Kong to work as a domestic helper in 2018. She is married, with her husband looking after their two young daughters in the Philippines.

The lawyer said Alla was remorseful.

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In sentencing, the magistrate told Alla her offense was a serious breach of trust.

Alla was the second Filipina helper to be sent to jail this week in Eastern Court for theft. On Tuesday, Jonavel Bilolo, 32, was jailed for 10 months after admitting she stole nearly $173,000 from her employer on Mount Davis, Western District, between Apr and May this year.