Two waiters who got drunk and stole coffee and ice cream from a closed coffee stand in Cyberport, got off with a fine after they pleaded guilty to theft today at the Eastern Court.
Magistrate Stephanie Chui imposed on the two – Filipino J. de la Rosa, 22 years old, and Pakistani M. Khan, 23 – a fine of $800 each and
ordered them to pay their half of $258, the cost of the two cups of coffee and
five cups of ice cream that they consumed.
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The incident happened at the Matcha Tokyo coffee stand on
the 3rd floor of Cyberport 3 in Pokfulam, at about 7 am last July
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According to the charge sheet read to them, a witness called
the police when he saw the two reach into the cloth shrouding the unmanned
coffee stand and consume the stolen coffee and ice cream. The whole incident
was captured on CCTV
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Khan even left his umbrella, which was discovered by the staff
who opened the coffee stand later that morning and discovered the mess they left.
The two were identified, traced and arrested. During
investigation, both admitted the theft.
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In mitigation, their lawyer said the offense was committed foolishly while they were drunk, and which they deeply regret.
He said both were the family breadwinners – dela Rosa for his parents who work part-time as diswashers, and Khan for his father and younger brother.
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