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A Filipina failed to prove in a trial that she did not steal a used suitcase from her employer, and was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment today at the Shatin Court.
Erlinda Dreo, 42, maintained her innocence during the trial, saying he bought the suitcase online.
But Magistrate David Chum saw enough evidence from her employer to show that the suitcase belonged to her, and found Dreo guilty of theft, in violation of Section 9
of the Theft Ordinance.
Dreo had pleaded not guilty last Feb 15 to stealing the suitcase,
valued at $1,099, from her employer Bong Yick Man Monica, setting the stage for
a trial on March 6.
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| TAWAG NA! |
It was alleged that Dreo stole the suitcase at her
employer’s house in Woodcrest Hill in Tai Wai between Feb. 1 and Sept. 15 last
year.
Meanwhile, another Filipina in separate theft case, has been
issued an arrest warrant for failing to show up in Kowloon City Court yesterday
to answer a case of shoplifting.
Magistrate Peter Yu also ordered that Allen Cherche Pascual,
32, be denied bail when arrested.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Pascual is accused of stealing various goods worth $466.80
from a Wellcome store on Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei last Feb. 24.
She is accused of stealing one box of eggs, two bottles of
youghurt drinks, onr pack of beans, two bottle of Red Bull drink, six bottles
of sauce, one onion, two packs of cheese, two packs of mint leaves, three bulbs
of garlic, two packs of fusilli, two boxes of shrimp and one pack of salmon.
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