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Estate where theft was committed (Google Maps photo) |
A Filipina domestic helper was jailed for a year on Friday after she admitted stealing $287,000 worth of items from her employer.
Jinky Catalan, 36 years old, pleaded guilty after the charge of violating section 9 of the Theft Ordinance was read to her.
Principal Magistrate Don So handed down the sentence right after her plea.
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Catalan admitted stealing one bracelet, five pairs of earrings,
six rings and seven necklaces from her employer’s flat at Grenville House on
Magazine Gap Road, Mid-Levels.
The theft was committed between June 2 and Nov.20 last year.
In Kwun Tong Court, another Filipina also accused of theft was remanded in jail after her case was adjourned by Acting Principal Magistrate Leung Ka-kie,
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Jennifer Ducusin, 40 years old, was charged with stealing $772,161
worth of items and $2,500 Chinese yuan in cash.
Information filed by Tseung Kwan O Police listed the stolen
items as three necklaces, 17 rings, five pairs of earrings, eight bracelets,
thee gold chains, one gold coin, two gold ingots, three pendants, two watches,
one handbag, one scarf, one shawl, and one ivory scale.
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The theft allegedly happened between July and November last
yea at the employer’s flat at Green Park on Razor Hill Road in Tseung Kwan O.
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