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World-Wide House is popular among Filipinos who gather on weekends at its mall, World-Wide Plaza (Google Maps photo) |
A domestic helper will celebrate Christmas in jail after she was imprisoned for six months for stealing jewelry from a store in World-Wide Plaza in Central.
Josephine Forio, 34 years old, was sentenced by Principal
Magistrate Don So after she pleaded guilty to the charge filed against her by
Central District Police.
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PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
Forio was arrested last Nov. 16, a Saturday, after she took
a bracelet, a necklace and a pendant from the store of Central Jewelry Ltd at Shop
110 of World-Wide Plaza, and tried to leave without paying.
The value of the stolen items was not specified in the complaint.
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PINDUTIN DITO |
She was charged with violation of section 9 of the Theft
Ordinance.
The Theft Ordinance provides: “Any person who commits theft shall be guilty
of an offense and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment
for 10 years.”
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Basahin ang detalye! |
Worldwide Plaza is popular among Filipinos in Hong Kong, and
teems with people on weekends when OFWs take their days off.
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PRESS FOR DETAILS |