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| The thefts took place in one of these buildings (Google Maps photo) |
Two Filipinos each got a suspended sentence at Eastern Court after pleading guilty to stealing two backpacks and offering compensation to the owners.
But Ryan Malonzo and Allevan Arceo could not be released
from jail because they still face a burglary case which is set to be elevated
to the District Court. They had been detained for four months, along with Roderick Praco, their
co-accused.
In a hearing on Wednesday (Oct. 8), Principal Magistrate David
Cheung handed Malonzo and
Arceo a two-month jail sentence for theft, suspended for 18 months, after
taking into account “your guilty plea and willingness to make compensation.”
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But he warned: “Failure to compensate means prison.”
Malonzo, 38 years old and a bartender, admitted stealing a
bag that contained a wallet with $1,000 cash, Hong Kong and China identity
documents, and four bank cards, all worth a total of $1,400. He promised to repay
the owner $1,400 within two weeks.
Arceo, 29 years old and construction worker, pleaded guilty to
stealing the other bag that contained an iPhone 13, a Huawei laptop, and cash
of 5 renminbi, worth a total of $18,205.36. Since some of the items had been recovered
by the owner, the compensation amounted to $10,200.
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Arceo promised to pay $5,000 within the day and $1,000 in
the next five months.
Both thefts took place outside a flat in Wing Wah Mansion on Queen’s Road West in Shek Tong Tsui on March 26.
In the same hearing, their respective duty lawyers said Malonzo,
Arceo and Prado had no bail applications for the burglary case.
They are accused of entering a “Green-Kennedy Town” store on
Water St. in Sai Ying Pun last March 20 and stealing an iPad worth $3,999.
Magistrate Cheung
adjourned the case to Oct. 23 for transfer to the District Court.
