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| Housing development where theft took place (Google Maps photo) |
A domestic helper has been jailed for six weeks after she admitted stealing a gold chain and a purse containing three credit cards, a membership card and a gift card owned by her employer.
Unicie Ugalde, 43 years old, pleaded guilty in a hearing
Tuesday (May 27) before Magistrate Philip Chan at Kowloon City Court to a
charge of theft, or violation of section 9 of the Theft Ordinance.
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A police complaint dated April 1, 2025 stated that the theft
took place at the employer’s flat in Man Tin Heights in Hung Hom, Kowloon.
There was no indication that she used the credit cards for
purchases.
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Meanwhile, three Filipino residents are in jail to await the resumption of a burglary case filed against them by police at Eastern Court.
R. Malonzo, 38 years old and a bar tender; R. Prado,
49 years old and a delivery man; and A. Arceo, 29 and a construction
worker, appeared together Tuesday before Acting Principal Magistrate David Cheung.
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The three are accused of entering a shop, Green Kennedy
Town, in the basement of the Tung Lee Mansion on Water Street in Sai Ying Pun, last
March 20, and stealing an iPad worth $3,999.
Magistrate David Cheung scheduled the case’s resumption for July 2.
