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Sisters spared jail for assault on fellow DH

21 April 2024

 

The two sisters (in denims) and a supporter emerge from the court

Two sisters charged with assault and criminal damage for ganging up on a fellow domestic helper they accused of having an affair with their sister’s husband, have been spared jail after appearing Friday at Eastern Court.

Joana Marie Cuenca, 30 years old, got off with a bound-over, in which she need not pay a fine of $2,000 if she does not commit any offense within the next 18 months.

Her sister, Baby May Cabillon, 40 years old, was meted four weeks’ imprisonment, but suspended for 18 months, after she pleaded guilty to the two charges.

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While she need not be jailed if she does not reoffend in the next 18 months, she was fined $3,000 and made to pay compensation of $1,800 to their victim, Luna Villa Magbanua. “Payable by today,” Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui added.

Magistrate Chui gave the decision after telling Cabillon: “We must not underestimate the seriousness of the offense. You did it with another person.”

The two sisters were charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, punishable under the Offenses against the Person Ordinance, for ganging up on Magbanua on July 9, 2023 in Harcourt Garden in Queensway, Wanchai.

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Cabillon was also charged with criminal damage for damaging Magbanua’s necklace and hangbag in the same incident.

Their lawyer said the two sisters had been trying to talk to Magbanua about her supposed relationship with their brother-in-law, who also works in Hong Kong as a driver, but had been snubbed.

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So when they saw her at Harcourt Garden, they could not control their anger, he added.

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