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A Filipina was returned to jail after her case of theft and possession of a knife in her employer’s house was moved up by the Kwun Tong Court to the District Court.
Ruby Ann Borromeo, 42 years old, listened tearfully as Acting
Principal Magistrate Leung Ka-kie scheduled her first date at the higher court
for March 25.
Magistrate Leung told her that since she had no bail
application, she would be returned to jail.
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But she advised Borromeo that she can go to
the High Court to apply for bail, and to seek help from the Legal Aid Department so it can assign a lawyer to defend her.
A source from the Consulate, who had been helping Borromeo
since her arrest, expects her to plead not guilty.
Borromeo is accused of stealing US$1,000 in cash, HK$7,000 in cash, three rings, one gold pellet, one gold bar, three coins, one wrist chain,one bracelet,one pair of earrings, two pendants, one necklace with pendant and one bag, all allegedly taken from her employer's flat.
The charge sheet did not specify the ownership of the items, identifying them only as “belonging to another”, which were stolen between
July 25 and Sept. 8 last year at her employer’s house at Chiu Kwan Bldg on Ping
Shing Lane, Kwun Tong.
Borromeo was also charged with possession of an offensive
weapon – an unsharpened knife used to pry open an oyster – “with intent to use
the same for any unlawful purpose”, when she was arrested at her employer’s
flat on Sept. 9 last year.
The Filipina had claimed she did not intend to use the knife to harm another person.
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