A Filipina domestic helper appeared at Fan Ling Court today charged with eight counts of theft, six of them related to her using an Octopus card that was among several items she allegedly stole in the first case.
Acting Principal Magistrate
David Cheung adjourned the hearing to Nov. 4 to give Beverly Fernandez,
29 years old, time to deny or plead guilty to the charges of violating section
9 of the Theft Ordinance.
In the meantime, she was returned to jail custody.
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The first of the charges filed by Tai Po Police alleged that Fernandez stole a wallet containing a JoyYou Octopus card, cash amounting to $1,980 and a Hong Kong ID card at a 12th floor flat in Sheung Shui last Aug.8.
On the same day, in the same flat, she also allegedly stole
$3,500 from another member of the household.
Before the day was over, Fernandez was alleged to have
committed six more thefts by using the stolen Octopus card for purchases that resulted
in a “chose-in” action where Octopus Cards Ltd. became indebted to the registered
card holder for the amounts in the purchases:
A $1.4 fare on
the MTR Sha Tin Station.
A $22.5 purchase at the Circle K store in Wai Wah Centre in
Shatin.
A $2 MTR fare at the Kowloon Tong station.
A $508 purchase at a Dr. Kong store in Festival Walk mall in
Kowloon Tong.
And a $56 meal at a Pepper Lunch branch in Festival Walk.
Finally, the next day saw her pay a $2 MTR fare at the Kwun Tong Station, the police complaint alleged.
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