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Two domestic helpers were jailed Tuesday after pleading guilty to theft of jewelry and cash from their respective employers.
Liezel Tan, 42 years old, was sentenced to 12 months in jail
by Eastern Court Principal Magistrate David Cheung for stealing a number of high-end jewelry.
Juvy Poblete, 40 years old, got six months imprisonment from
Principal Magistrate Don So Man-lung of West Kowloon court for stealing cash from her employer.
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They were convicted of violating section 9 of the Theft
Ordinance. Both received a one-third discount on their sentences because of their guilty pleas.
Tan admitted stealing one yellow gold bangle (brand:
Tiffany), one 18k bracelet (brand: FRED), one gold necklace (brand: Chaumet),
one gold ring (brand: Chaumet), one yellow gold pendant (brand: Tiffany), and
one 18K rose gold diamond ring (brand: BVLGARI), with a total value of HK$188,400.
She committed the offense between Jan. 1 and May 8 this year
in the flat of her employer Lin Xinyue at Larvotto on Ap Lei Chau Praya Road,
Aberdeen.
Poblete, on the other hand, admitted stealing cash amounting
to $160,150, owned by male Chan Pak-hong, between an unknown day in January and
April 18 this year, at her employer’s flat in Caribbean Coast Cryseat Δove on Kin
Tung Road, Tung Chung, Lantau.
