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| Building where assault happened (Google Maps photo) |
A Filipina resident who pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong court two weeks ago to four counts of assault on her domestic helper, also a Filipina, was jailed today for 18 days.
May Esplana, a 37-year-old customer service officer, received
discounts on her sentence from Acting Principal Magistrate Leung Ka-kie for pleading
guilty last March 13.
Magistrate Leung initially sentenced her to six days in jail
for each of the first three counts of assault on her DH, Justine Melendres, but
only took two days from each and added these to the 12 days’ jail for the fourth
charge.
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Since she had been in jail for more than two weeks, she would
be released shortly.
The assaults were committed in Esplana’s flat on Ting Yip
St. in Sau Mau Ping, Kowloon.
The first two charges of common assault were committed by
Esplana on the helper on two separate occasions on Oct. 29 last year. She again
assaulted Melendres two days later, on Oct. 31.
The assault was repeated the next day, Nov. 1, but leaving
“actual bodily harm” on Melendres, resulting in the fourth charge.
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