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| The helper is accused of taking the money from the employer's safe boxes |
A 34-year-old Filipina domestic helper was charged in Eastern Court Quarry
Bay
Marites Borines, who is in police custody, was read the
charge when she appeared before Magistrate Bina Chainrai. No plea was taken.
The prosecution said the offense took place between May 1
and Jun 28 inside the flat of employer Chan Wai-kit on the 29th
floor of Tower 1, Kornville, 38
Yau Man St. Quarry Bay
Borines reportedly admitted to her employer that she had
stolen the money, before she was arrested.
Police are planning to lift fingerprints from the safe boxes
and compare them with the defendant’s, the prosecution said.
The defendant offered $1,000 as bail but the magistrate
rejected the offer after the prosecution objected.
Chainrai adjourned the hearing until Jul 14 and told Borines
to get someone to represent her from the Duty Lawyer Service.
