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Estate where theft was allegedly committed (Google Maps photo) |
A domestic helper was acquitted today of stealing $6,000 from her employer, on the first day of her trial at Kwun Tong Court -- but only after spending more than two months in jail awaiting justice.
Magistrate Lau Suk-han declared that Jucy Marquez, 43 years
old, had no case to answer after listening to prosecution testimony accusing
her of stealing the money from her employer, Wong Chi-hang, at his flat in Pak
Shek Terrace in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung, between the 1st and 20th of October
this year.
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Marquez had been detained since November after her offers of
$1,000 and $2,000 cash bail during two hearings were rejected, and she did not
apply for bail during a hearing last Dec. 4 when she pleaded not guilty to violation
of section 9 of the Theft Ordinance.
A police complaint alleged that she was charged after the
money was found in her purse, but she denied putting it there and asked for
fingerprints to be taken to see if she touched the bills.
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Basahin ang detalye! |
Among other issues raised by the defense was that the house
had multiple occupants, including the girlfriend of one family member, and that
before the theft charges were filed against her, Marquez had complained to her
employer that she lost one mobile phone and $1,000 from her wallet.