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| Filipina set to plead guilty to $180k theft at District Court on Sept3 |
Vir B. Lumicao
A Filipina former domestic worker accused of stealing
$180,000 from a commercial building in Central early this year is ready to
plead guilty to a charge of burglary, according to her lawyer.
District Court Judge Anthony Kwok told Rachel B Rosimo on
May 17 to return to the court on Sept 5 for the plea-taking.
Rosimo first appeared in Eastern Court
The charge for the immigration offence was added after investigators
discovered that Rosimo had worked as a domestic helper in Hong
Kong , then remained illegally after he contract was prematurely
terminated.
The 35-year-old woman, said to be a clerk, was originally
accused of theft, but the charge was subsequently
amended to burglary.
A police report said Rachel Rosimo, 35, trespassed into the
Sante Barley Ltd office in Room 1003, Lansing House on Queen’s Road Central, on
an unspecified date and made off with $180,000 in cash.
The amended charge said she carried out the burglary with
the involvement of other unknown persons. Police are still investigating.
Rosimo did not apply for bail, so she was kept in police
custody.
