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| The Filipina was sentenced at Fanling Court |
A Filipina domestic helper was jailed for a total of five weeks after pleading guilty at Fan Ling Court to four counts of shoplifting.
Ma. Jazel Cabab, 46 years old, was
sentenced Friday to 12 days' imprisonment after she pleaded guilty in an earlier hearing to the first charge of theft, five weeks for
the second, 10 days for the third and 20 days for the fourth.
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In handing down the sentence, Magistrate Kenneth Chan cited the principle of totality and ordered that all the prison terms meted on Cabab run at the same time, resulting in a total of five weeks.
The first theft charge arose after
Cabab left without paying for four bottles of essences worth $1,178.80 that she took from a Mannings store In Yuen
Long Centre last Aug. 14.
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| Basahin ang detalye |
In the second charge, she was
accused of stealing one box of essence, six boxes of supplement and five boxes
of medicines with a total value of $3,849 from a Mannings shop in Long Ping Estate
in Yuen Long last Aug. 24.
Four days later, she stole one box
of Mentholatum wrth $59.9 from another Mannings shop, this time located at Kau
Yuk Road in Yuen Long.
She then moved a few minutes later
to a nearby Watson store, also located at Kau Yuk Road in Yuen Long, and stole
a bottle of skin cleanser worth $210.
Apart from imprisonment, Cayabyab faces a ban on working in Hong Kong again, after her expected deportation as soon as she finishes serving her sentence.
