But her case came to light on Feb 19 when she was caught while allegedly trying to leave a Wellcome Supermaket in Quarry Bay with three bottles of lotion and three cans of pork luncheon meat without paying for them.
The 56-year-old Arista appeared in Eastern Court on Feb 21 charged with one count of theft and one count of breach of condition of stay.
The prosecution said in a brief report that Arista left the supermarket at Sunway Garden on King’s Road with the unpaid goods when she was stopped by a shop staff, who turned her over to the police.
The prosecution applied for a two-week adjournment of the hearing for further investigation and opposed bail for the defendant.
Magistrate Bina Chainrai set the next hearing for Mar 7 and remanded the defendant in custody. She said there was no bail application and instructed Arista to engage a duty lawyer for her next court appearance.
