A two-day trial at Eastern Court ended just minutes after it started Wednesday when the defendant, a Filipina domestic helper, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of theft committed between May 14 to July 12 last year.
Maribel Bringas, 42 years old, was sentenced to 12 months in
jail for each of the thefts, all committed at her employer’s flat on Tung Shan
Terrace Road, Happy Valley.
Magistrate Kestrel Lam ordered all the sentences to run at
the same tine, resulting in a total of 12 months.
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He also cancelled the pre-scheduled second day of the trial on Friday (April 25).
According to the case filed by Police last Jan. 17, the
thefts were committed on the following dates, with the corresponding items stolen:
May 14: one gold pendant, one gold necklace and one gold bracelet.
May 19: one jade pendant and one ring.
May 20: one diamond bracelet.
May 23: two gold pendants, one gold bracelet and one gold necklace.
May 31: one diamond ring and one gold ring.
May 18: one gold necklace with gold pendant, one gold
pendant, one gold bracelet and one gold ring.
June 27: one gold bracelet
and one gold pendant.
May 20: one gold ring and one gold bracelet.
June 3: one gold pendant.
June 24: two gold pendants and one gold bracelet.
July 12: two gold bracelets and one gold necklace.
June 7: two gold rings.
Meanwhile, in a separate courtroom at Eastern, another domestic helper was jailed for four months after she pleaded guilty to stealing a necklace and a bracelet of her employer at their flat in Aldrich Garden, Shau Kei Wan.
Principal Magistrate Don So handed the sentence to Laila Dolores, 36 years old, for the theft that happened between June 25 and Nov. 18 last year.
