A Filipina narrowly evaded jail today after she admitted shoplifting $105 worth of items from a Wellcome supermarket in Mong Kok on Oct. 14.
A. C. Pascual, 31 years old, was penalized with two
months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years, which would keep her out of
jail if she does not commit any offense within the next three years.
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Principal Magistrate Don So handed down the penalty when
Pascual, who is unemployed, appeared before him in a hearing at West
Kowloon court.
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Pascual was accused of stealing three bottled drinks, three
packs of candy, three packs of almonds, one box of cotton swabs and a bottle of
sterilizing spray, worth a total of $105 and owned by The Dairy Farm Company
Ltd.
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Meanwhile, in a separate case at Kowloon City Court, another
Filipina was remanded in jail custody after her drug trafficking case was
adjourned to Jan. 18 by Acting Principal Magistrate Veronica Heung for
committal proceedings at the Eastern Court.
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Rhea Nerissa Maristela, 27 years old and a permanent resident, is charged with traficking in dangerous drugs along with a Pakistani asylum-seeker, Rizhwan Muhammad, 35 years old.
The two were arrested by police on April 27 inside the Toronto
Holidays Guesthouse on Jordan Road, Yau Ma Tei.
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Seized from them were 168 grams of 3,4 methylenedioxy methamphetamine
and 657.4 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.
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| PADALA NA! |
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