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| Estate where theft was allegedly committed (Google Maps photo) |
It will be between a Filipina domestic helper’s word against her employer’s when a case accusing her of stealing $6,000 is tried next month at a Kwun Tong Court.
Jucy Marquez, 43 years old, tearfully pleaded not guilty
today to the charge of theft, or violation of section 9 of the Theft Ordinance,
prompting Acting Principal Magistrate Leung Ka-kie to schedule her trial for
Jan. 15.
A police complaint filed last Oct. 23 accuses Marquez of stealing $6,000 in cash from her employer, Wong Chi-hang, at his flat in Pak
Shek Terrace in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung, between the 1st and 20th
of October this year.
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It was alleged that the money was later found in her purse,
but she denied putting it there and asked for fingerprints to be taken to see
if she touched the bills.
The prosecution said they will present one witness, while
the defense plans to present none and rely instead on disputing the
circumstances that led to the charge being filed against her.
Among issues expected to be raised by the defense will be that the
house had multiple occupants, including the girlfriend of one family member, and
that she had complained to her employer that she lost one mobile phone and
$1,000 from her wallet, before the theft charges were filed against her.
Because Marquez had no bail application, Magistrate Leung remanded
her in jail custody, with the advice that she has the right to go to the High
Court to apply for bail. In two earlier hearings, her offers of $1,000 and
$2,000 cash bail were rejected.
