A 55-year-old Filipina maid pleaded guilty in the Eastern Magistrates’ Court on April 18 to one count of theft and was fined HK$2,000.
Rosemarie Sano, a widow and mother of six, was arrested after being caught with goods in her backpack at the Fusion supermarket in Cyberport of Pokfulam on Hong Kong Island on March 27, sunwebhk.com reported.
The items she stole included a pack of sushi, a box of body lotion, four oranges, a pack of mushrooms, two eggplants, six avocados, a pack of vegetables, two packs of underwear and two packs of socks which were worth a total of more than HK$700.
The manager called police after intercepting her when she tried to leave the supermarket without paying. She was granted bail of HK$1,000.
The duty lawyer representing Sano asked for leniency as she had a clean record and had pleaded guilty to the charge. He added that she was supporting her two daughters and four sons on a monthly salary of HK$7,000.
Judge Peter Law said the value of the goods Sano stole was significant and he imposed a fine of HK$2,000, half of which was to be taken from her bail money.
Dylan Sano Ching
Ganyan kc dito kapwa pinoy ang kalaban..akala nila kung cno pare pareho lng naman kami ng position..mga tao kc kung makapaghusga mga malinis…
Uriel De Leon Torres found in her back pack, s ano un?
Naku dna nadala , gagawa ka ng ganyan dto sa hk ala ka talagang lusot !! Nakakahiya
Uriel De Leon Torres …sir hnd yan po panghuhusga ..basahin nyo po malinaw …ang ginawa nyang pagnanakaw..naka itemize po un mga goods..agoods..ang samin lang poh..above minimum na po ang sahod nya bkit nagawa pa rin nya ang magnakaw..damay poh kaming mga kapwa OFW PO SIR…7K HKD PO SAHOD NYA…
very sad palagi na lng pinay ang nka news dto ..bkit nman kabayan kilangan mo pa magnakaw may sahod ka nman.