One of the flats in this development was the scene of the crime |
A Filipino domestic helper has been jailed for eight months for stealing 31 pieces of jewelry from her employer.
Rosiljean Behasa, 35 years old, had pleaded guilty to the theft
at her employer’s flat in Pinewood Garden in Happy Valley from March to June
this year.
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Principal Magistrate Don So handed down the sentence on
Tuesday (Oct. 15) after she admitted stealing eight pairs of earrings, four rings,
three bracelets, one necklace, five chains, one watch and one pendant.
The total value of the jewelry was not mentioned in the complaint
filed by police last June 21.
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In a separate case also before Magistrate So, Esphere
Elizarde, 36 years old, was sentenced to two months in jail for stealing $1,700
from her employer at Braemar Heights in North Point from June 28 to Aug. 4 this
year.
She was also jailed for one month for breach of condition of
stay because she overstayed her domestic helper visa, which expired on July 2.
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She was found to have overstayed her visa after her arrest for
the theft on Aug. 13.
Magistrate So sentenced her to two months’ imprisonment for
the theft and one month for the overstay. However, he ordered that the two
sentences be served at the same time, for a net of two months.
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