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A Filipina domestic helper has avoided getting jailed after pleading guilty to theft of $7,158 in cash and household item from her employer.
Instead, J. Sanchez, 44 years old, received a sentence
of two months in jail, suspended for 33 months.
With the sentence, handed down by Magistrate Andrew Mok on Tuesday
(Sept. 9) at Shatin Court, Sanchez need not spend a day in court if she does
not commit any criminal offense in the next 33 months.
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She was charged with violating section 9 of the theft
Ordinance for having stolen $6,268 in cash, 15 red packet envelopes, one red
pouch, one Alexandre Zouari hair clip, one Yuen Bao ornament, and two plastic
coins owned by Wu Yuen Ting.
The theft was committed between Feb. 2 and May 31 this year in her employer’s home at Dragon’s Range in Kau To Shan.