Filipino domestic worker fined HK$800 for eating HK$100 worth of employer’s meatballs
Mildred Nilo Ladia, 40, walked free from another charge alleging she stole leather slippers and branded handbag after prosecutors decided not to pursue case
A Filipino domestic worker was fined HK$800 by a court on Friday after she admitted to eating HK$100 worth of meatballs belonging to her then employer last year.
But she walked free from another charge alleging that she stole two pairs of leather slippers and an Agnes b bag after prosecutors decided not to pursue the case as the victim was reportedly in hospital.
Mildred Nilo Ladia, 40, cried as she pleaded guilty to one count of theft and denied the other.
The Eastern Court heard that her then employer, barrister Gekko Lan Suet-ying, had already deducted HK$100 from her salary of HK$4,210 as compensation when she was arrested last year.
Now she is set to lose the opportunity to ever find employment in Hong Kong again, according to defence counsel Theresa Low.