A Filipino domestic worker has been acquitted of theft in the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court in Hong Kong after being accused of stealing a Gucci bag from her employer’s mother in February, 2017, hongkongnews.com.hk reported.
Lailany D.T. had pleaded not guilty and insisted that the Gucci bag had been abandoned by the employer’s mother.
Judge Edward Wong Ching-yu had asked the prosecutor if the employer’s mother could testify if the bag was really given to the defendant, but the prosecutor failed to provide other evidence.
Meanwhile, the judge said a prosecution witness claimed the employer’s mother “did not abandon” the bag, but the magistrate noted that the witness did not live in the house where the elderly woman and the defendant were staying.
Judge Wong said that after examining the bag, he found it was “very old, very dirty and very smelly, consistent with being refuse.”
Leilany was happy with the magistrate’s decision to acquit her. She no longer worked for her accuser and had yet to find another employer.

Better noy allow that kind of emplyer to hire a helper again…Or give them a punishment..
Better noy allow that kind of emplyer to hire a helper again…Or give them a punishment..
Kya nga po …minsan ang mga employer nagbibigay nang kong ano anong bagay sa katulong dahil luma na at pinag lumaan na nila …pero para sa atin dahil bigay nang ating mga employer so may value po yan sa atin …kaya minsan tinatago at or itinatabi nalang muna natin dahil pwedi mo syang iuwe pagdating nang araw….so minsan hindi maiwasan ang mga employer po natin ay nangangalkal sa ating mga lagayan pag wLa tau minsan nasa dayoff po tau …jan sila nakka kuha nang oras para mangalkal nang gamit natin …kya advice ko lang sa inyo pag may naibigay sa inyo ang inyong mga amo …wag nyo na itago nang bungang bunga …para pag nakita nila na anjan lang sa labas alam nila na ibinigay nya yan saiyo madaling makita at malala kaagad nya…so pag ginamit mo na yan dina sya mag iisip pa …un lang dapat natin gawin..
At isa pa pag may ibinigay sau na mamahaling gamit ask mo sa kanya kong pwedi u bang gamitin anytime from now .so kong mag oo sya so gamitin una kaagad nang malaman nya na ginamit mo para hindi nya makkalimutan na ibinigay na pala nya saiyo ang gamit nya….
Kya nga po …minsan ang mga employer nagbibigay nang kong ano anong bagay sa katulong dahil luma na at pinag lumaan na nila …pero para sa atin dahil bigay nang ating mga employer so may value po yan sa atin …kaya minsan tinatago at or itinatabi nalang muna natin dahil pwedi mo syang iuwe pagdating nang araw….so minsan hindi maiwasan ang mga employer po natin ay nangangalkal sa ating mga lagayan pag wLa tau minsan nasa dayoff po tau …jan sila nakka kuha nang oras para mangalkal nang gamit natin …kya advice ko lang sa inyo pag may naibigay sa inyo ang inyong mga amo …wag nyo na itago nang bungang bunga …para pag nakita nila na anjan lang sa labas alam nila na ibinigay nya yan saiyo madaling makita at malala kaagad nya…so pag ginamit mo na yan dina sya mag iisip pa …un lang dapat natin gawin..
At isa pa pag may ibinigay sau na mamahaling gamit ask mo sa kanya kong pwedi u bang gamitin anytime from now .so kong mag oo sya so gamitin una kaagad nang malaman nya na ginamit mo para hindi nya makkalimutan na ibinigay na pala nya saiyo ang gamit nya….
thanks goodness…justice prevails…
GOOD ALWAYS WIN AGAIN AND AGAIN….
Kaya nga ingat sa ma nga tinatapon kase minsan baliktaren nila ninakaw mo????????????
this is why i like to stay and work in hongkong… justice are very transparent and fair..
That’s good!
Hongkong law is always fair!!
that’s the best thing here in HK…Justice is fair…