By Vir B. Lumicao
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| The Filipina left her young wards inside the MTR station while she stole some more goods from a shop |
A Filipina domestic helper admitted in Kwun Tong Court today, Nov 19, that she left her two young wards at the Hang Hau MTR station on Sept 8 to steal chocolates and other goodies in a nearby shop.
The 38-year-old defendant, M.B. Grospe, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and one count of ill-treatment or neglect of her young wards before Magistrate Bina Chainrai.
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Grospe, who was on bail and escorted to the court by a Consulate officer, said she stole the items to send to her two children, aged 22 and 18, and for her own consumption.
After her arrest, bystanders noticed a year-old-baby and her 10-year-old sibling unattended in a nook on Hang Hau MTR station and notified police.
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The officers learned that they were Grospe’s wards whom she left inside the station while she returned to a nearby shop to steal some more goods.
The prosecution said that around 8:25am on that day, staff at the Best Mart 360 grocery in Shop 127, The Lane, Hang Hau, noticed some grocery items were gone from the racks.
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She reviewed the CCTV footage and saw a woman take the goods and put them in her shopping bag, then left without paying for them. The items were valued at $500.
Then, around 4pm on the same day, the woman returned and the staff tailed her.
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The staff reportedly saw Grospe put in her shopping bag six cans of luncheon meat, 80 chocolate pieces, one Nutella chocolate spread and other items with a total value of $3,580. When she left without paying, the staff intercepted her outside the shop.
The newly stolen goods were in the bag, along with some of the items the defendant stole earlier. The incident was reported and Grospe was arrested.
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In a police video interview, the defendant admitted she stole the goods to send home to her children. She also admitted leaving her employer’s two children at the station but claimed that at no time were they exposed to danger or suffering.
The defense lawyer said the defendant, who was separated
from her husband, came to
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The lawyer begged for a lenient sentence, saying most of the stolen items were recovered. But the magistrate rebuked him, telling him 80 pieces of chocolate were no small amount.
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Chainrai adjourned the case until Dec 3 for a background report and sentencing. She told Grospe to expect a jail term as she remanded her in custody.
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