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| Estate where theft took place |
A
domestic helper has pleaded guilty at the District Court to two charges of
stealing a total of 10 watches from her employer, and then misleading the
police by falsely reporting a burglary on their house in Kowloon Tong.
But Deputy District Judge Pang Leung-ting, in a hearing on Monday (Jan. 5), put off the sentencing of Vanessa Vallespin, 39 years old, to Jan. 20. In the meantime, he ordered her returned to jail.
The
case began at the Kowloon City Court early last year before being elevated to
the District Court because of the seriousness of the charges.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
In the first charge, Vallespin was accused of stealing a watch from her male employer Gary Lau at Sunderland Estate in Kowloon Tong on Dec. 2, 2024, according to information filed by the Kowloon City Police.
Two
days later, she stole nine more watches belonging to the employer.
On
the same day, she "knowingly misled" a police
officer by giving false information about the house being burgled by unknown
persons.
Section
64(b) of the Police Force Ordinance penalizes such offence with a fine at level
1 ($2,000) and imprisonment for six months.
