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| Filipina admitted stealing jewelry and cash (Photo for illustration only) |
Two Filipina domestic helpers today pleaded guilty to stealing money and jewelry from their employers, and were jailed for 12 months and two months, respectively.
Jovy Santiago, 32 years old, received the one-year sentence from a Acting Principal Magistrate
Daniel Tang Siu-hung after she pleaded guilty at Tuen Mun Court to stealing
$211,800 worth of jewelry and cash from her employer’s home in Shek Wu Ting in
Pat Heung, Yuen Long.
The stolen items consisted of a pair of gold bracelets worth
$85,000, two gold bracelets worth $20,000, two diamond rings worth $58,800, one
baby gold bracelet worth $8,000, one gold ring worth $18,000, HK$5,000 in cash,
10,000 renminbi in cash, and one necklace worth $7,000.
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The thefts were committed between Feb. 1 and March 3 this
year, according to the brief facts filed in court by the Yuen Long Police.
In a separate case, Aubrey Canusa, 37 years old, was jailed
for two months by Magistrate Li Chi-ho, after she pleaded guilty in West
Kowloon Court to stealing a wallet containing $25,000 from her employer who lived
at Banyan Garden on Lai Chi Kok Road in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon.
The theft took place on an unknown date between Jan. 22 and
May 1 this year, according to information filed by the Sham Shui Po Police.
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Meanwhile, a third Filipina accused of theft was remanded in jail after her case was adjourned by Acting Principal Magistrate David Cheung
at Eastern Court.
Magistrate Cheung set a hearing for Mylyn Masajo, 34 years
old, on September 23 for plea.
She is accused of eight counts of theft allegedly committed
between Feb. 15 and June 5 this year at her employer’s home in Harbour Heights
in North Point.
