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A Filipina domestic helper accused of shoplifting $343 worth of goods got off unscathed at Kowloon City Court Friday (July 19) after prosecutors offered to withdraw the charges in exchange for her promising not to reoffend.
Maribel, 49 years iold, accepted the bind-over offer
after Deputy Magistrate Chung Wing-sze explained that it means she will
continue to have no criminal record.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
The bind-over order provides for a fine of $1,000 if she
reoffends within one year.
“Don’t reoffend,” Magistrate Chung warned her. “If you
reoffend, you will be brought to court for breach of order. You will also
receive punishment for the new offense.”
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| Pindutin para sa detalye |
Maribel was also told to pay $300 as court costs, to be
taken from her cash bail of the same amount.
She was arrested last July 5 after she was seen taking
several items by a staff of Aeon Store in Hung Hom, Kowloon, and exited the
store without paying.
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| TAWAG NA! |
Seized from her were three packs of pork, one pack of grapes,
two packs of cucumber, two packs of onions, one watermelon, one pack of
cabbages, one pack of tomatoes and one pack of eggs.
The items amounted to $343.
She was charged
with theft, a violation of section 9 of the Theft Ordinance.
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