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| Necklace with carnelian pendant (photo from Van Cleef & Arpels website) |
A domestic helper was jailed today for four months after pleading guilty at Eastern Court to stealing an 18-karat gold necklace from her employer.
Principal Magistrate Don So meted
the sentence on Mary Grace Guillermo, 46 years old, for violation of section 9
of the Theft Ordinance.
The complaint filed by Aberdeen Police alleged that the theft of the Van Cleef & Arpels-branded necklace with carnelian pendant worth $21,000 happened between Aug.1 and Dec. 18, 2024 at the employer’s house in Shouson Hill.
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In a separate case at District Court, a Filipina holder of a recognizance card for identity purposes was ordered arrested for being absent at today’s hearing of her case for possession of 36 pieces of fake $500 notes, amounting to $18,000.
Chief District Judge Justin Ko also ordered
police not to allow Leah Sanesteban, 44 years old, to post bail when she is arrested.
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Sanesteban was arrested by police
last July 1 on Nanking St in Yau Ma Tei and charged with violation of section
100(2) of the Crimes Ordinance, which states: “A person who has in his custody
or under his control, without lawful authority or excuse, any thing which is,
and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a
protected coin, commits an offense and is liable on conviction on indictment to
imprisonment for 3 years.”
The ordinance also said: “For the
purposes of this section it is immaterial that a coin or note is not in a fit
state to be passed or tendered or that the making or counterfeiting of a coin
or note has not been finished or perfected.”
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