A real-life soap opera came to court yesterday when an interior designer was convicted of burglary.
The plot included a jilted lover, a wedding-day threat and a false crime trail leading to a beauty salon.
Ma Pui-ying, 29, an interior designer for Sun Hung Kai Properties, sobbed in the dock as Deputy Judge Patrick Lim read out the guilty verdict in the District Court.
Her jilted friend, Angela Law Kam-yuk, 32, had wanted her ex-boyfriend framed for burglary, the court heard.
She hounded Ma into creating the scene of the crime by ransacking Ms Law's brother's Chai Wan flat.
Ma told the court Ms Law threatened to harm her and her boyfriend on their wedding day if she did not carry out the break-in on August 11 last year.
But when she finally agreed, the plot backfired. A vigilant neighbour called the police when he noticed the door to the flat was ajar and they caught Ma red-handed.
