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| The Filipina pleaded guilty to theft at West Kowloon Courts |
A Filipina was jailed for six months today after she admitted stealing four pieces of jewelry from her employer in Luk Yeung Sun Chuen on Wai Tsuen Road, New Territories.
West Kowloon Court’s Principal Magistrate Don So imposed the sentence on Maria
Teresa Nunez, 44 years old, without the usual one-third discount for her guilty
plea.
Nunez was charged by police after her employer complained to
police that she had lost one “Mabelle” diamond ring, one diamond necklace, a
pair of gold bangles and one gold pendant, worth a total of $52,500.
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The evidence used against the accused were pawnshop receipts, which were
found in her possession and which also helped the employer to recover most of
the jewelry.
The prosecutor said a piece worth $4,350 has remained
unrecovered, which Nunez said she was unable to pay.
In mitigation, her lawyer said she was motivated by greed and
the need to pay debts, including mortgage for her house in the Philippines,
where she supports her mother, husband, son and daughter on a salary of $4,730
a month.
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In another theft case also at West Kowloon, the trial against permanent resident Ana Labicane ended yesterday (April 24) with Magistrate Tsang Hing-tung scheduling his verdict for May 27.
Labicane, who is free on bail of $500, is accused of stealing a rucksack containing
cash of HK$630, one Octopus card, two prepaid transportation card for Taiwan,
cash of 11,100 Taiwan dollars, one cosmetic bag, two passport holders, one HK
passport, one wallet, one HKID card, one WeWu UnionPay card, and four ATM cards.
The rucksack was alleged to have been taken in front of a shop of Tung Fung Hung near the escalator at the Departure Hall of HK Airport on March 5.
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