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A domestic helper was jailed for six months today after she admitted stealing $88,000 worth of jewelry from her employer.
Janice Abel, 33 years old, was charged before the Eastern
Court after police found pawnshop receipts in her belongings, showing that she raised
$12,000 from pawning the jewelry believed to have been stolen between March 19
and May 23 this year from her employer’s Quarry Bay flat.
The jewelry consisted of five necklaces, two bracelets and two
rings.
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The employer has since recovered the jewelry after paying
the $12,000 to the pawnshops, and wanted to recover the amount from Abel.
Abel’s duty lawyer, however, said she was jobless and unable
to pay the compensation.
In mitigation, the lawyer said she was forced to steal to
pay off debts she incurred in coming to work in Hong Kong.
Magistrate Don So asked the lawyer what the penalty was for
the offense.
After the lawyer answered that the maximum was two years
imprisonment, So handed down a six-month sentence.
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