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Written by: Chen Jiayi
2021-04-26 17:23
The last update date: 2021-04-26 17:23
Leung Hexin, the sister of June Leung, the founder of the cram school Zunli School, lost a Rolex watch last year and then found that many of his jewelry watches were missing at home.
She suspected that the Filipino domestic helper stole property, confronted the Filipino domestic helper, and the other party confessed to the crime.
The police investigation found that the jewelry watch stolen by the Filipino maid had a total value of nearly 1.19 million yuan and had been held in custody.
The police eventually recovered most of the jewelry watches, but property worth about 60,000 yuan could not be found.
The Filipino domestic helper pleaded guilty to a crime of theft in the District Court today (26th). The defense pleaded that the family of the Filipino domestic helper was ill and needed medical expenses. She asked for money to repay the debt. The judge finally sentenced her to 2 years in prison.
The Filipino defendant Emperador Edarlyn Arcalas (50 years old) was charged with one count of theft, alleging that she had stolen from a residence at No.1 Mid-Levels, Changsheng Street, Ho Man Tin between October 1, 2019 and August 6, 2020, which belonged to Liang Hexin. property.
The defendant pleaded guilty to his employer. The police found a pawnshop receipt in the defendant’s clothing.
The case alleged that the defendant had served as the domestic helper of the principal Liang Hexin since 1996. When Liang missed a golden Rolex watch in August last year, he found that many jewellery watches in his home were missing, including a Piaget watch, a Roger Dubuis watch, 3 Patek Tsuily watches, 1 pair of Hermès earrings, 1 Roger Dubuis necklace and 8 gold bars.
Liang Sui confronted the defendant. The defendant agreed to steal Liang's jewelry, and Liang called the police to deal with it.
The police found a total of 6 receipts issued by 3 pawnshops from the defendant’s clothing, involving about 150,000 yuan, and seized the Rolex watch.
The defendant was arrested and admitted that because of greed, she used Liang's key to open the drawer to obtain jewelry. She claimed that the money obtained from pawning had been sent home to the Philippines.
In addition, because there is no mortgage receipt, she forgot other stolen jewelry.
The police later discovered that between April 6 and August 6 last year, the defendant had stolen 8 watches, 9 necklaces, 12 pairs of earrings, 6 pendants, 6 rings and 8 gold nuggets.
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The defense accused the defendant's father of lung cancer and mother to be operated on
The defense pleaded that he stole the jewelry to raise medical expenses for his family, not for gambling and other bad habits.
The defendant’s father suffered from lung cancer and owed hospital expenses. He borrowed about 250,000 yuan in the Philippines.
Her mother also had an operation. The defendant borrowed 95,000 yuan from Liang, but only repaid 5,000 yuan, which made Liang dissatisfied and did not pay the defendant a monthly salary.
The defendant then stole the jewellery mortgage to obtain money.
The total value of the property involved is about 1.189 million yuan, most of the jewelry watches have been recovered, and about 55,000 yuan of property cannot be recovered.
Judge Du Dawei took 3 years as the starting point for sentencing. Taking into account the defendant's plea, a third of the sentence was deducted and she was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Case Number: DCCC 1025/2020
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