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| Nisperos will be sentenced on Apr 21 at West Kowloon Court |
A 33-year-old Filipina domestic helper has pleaded guilty in
West Kowloon Court
Rubelyn Nisperos, married and a mother of 13-year-old girl,
admitted the charge before Magistrate Lau Suk-han today, Apr 7.
Nisperos said through her lawyer that she had to provide for
the medical needs of her ailing parents.
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She will be sentenced on Apr 21 after the magistrate reads a
background report on her.
“Defendant, your offense is a serious breach of trust that
you committed out of greed. I am going to adjourn your case for two weeks
pending a background report. In the meantime, you are remanded in jail
custody,” Lau said.
The prosecution said Nisperos stole the jewelry items between
Dec 22 and Feb 2 in the house of her employer, Li Chung-yin, in Cheung Sha Wan.
Li discovered that several pieces of her jewelry were missing
when she was cleaning her bedroom on Feb 6.
When the employer asked the defendant about the missing
jewelry, Nisperos admitted taking them, and showed receipts from a pawnshop
where she had hocked the items.
Li reported the theft to the police, who arrested the maid.
On Feb 9, investigators recovered all the stolen items from the pawnshop. She
was charged in Kwun Tong Court
The prosecution said Nisperos, who came to Hong
Kong in 2015 to work as a helper, has a clear record.
In mitigation, the defense lawyer asked for a lenient
sentence, saying Nisperos pleaded guilty to the charge at the first instance and
had no prior conviction.
He said his client admitted committing the offense out of
greed and because she needed money to buy her parents’ medicines.
When Lau asked Nisperos if she had proof such as medical
certificates of her parents’ illnesses, she said yes but these were in the Philippines
The magistrate adjourned the case until Apr 21.
