A domestic helper accused of stealing her employer's credit card and then using it to dine out and buy jewelry was returned to jail custody today after a brief appearance in a hearing at Eastern Court.
Prosecutors sought an adjournment of the case against Maria Fe Narciso, 32 years old, for further legal advice from the Department of Justice. Principal Magistrate Don So granted the request and set the next hearing on August 28.
Narciso faces four charges - one for theft and three for obtaining property by deception. The case arose after she allegedly stole the Bank of China Mastercard credit card of her employer on May 18 at the latter's flat in Sunway Gardens, North Point.
The next day, May 19, she went to the KFC restaurant downstairs and used the credit card to pay for food, "with the intention of permanently depriving the said company... by falsely representing that you were authorized and entitled to use" the credit card, the charge alleged.
The third charge accused Narciso of using the card again on May 19, this time at Luvenus Jewellery at Worldwide Plaza in Central, to buy one gold ring. She then allegedly proceeded to Friendly Jewelry Ltd. to buy another gold ring, using the same credit card to pay.
The prosecutors sought the adjournment to seek further legal advice, and the magistrate set the next hearing date for August 28, when the case will continue.
家庭傭工被控偷取信用卡並用於用餐及購物
一名被控偷取雇主信用卡,然後用於外出用餐和購買珠寶的家庭傭工,今日在東區法院簡單露面後,被送回拘留所。
檢控官要求就對瑪麗亞·費·納西索(32歲)的案件尋求法律部的進一步意見而申請押後。主任裁判官蘇銘華批准了申請,並將下次聆訊定於8月28日。
納西索面臨四項指控 - 一項盜竊罪和三項以欺騙手段取得財物罪。此案源於她涉嫌在5月18日於北角新雅花園的僱主家中盜取一張中國銀行萬事達信用卡。
翌日5月19日,她前往樓下的肯德基餐廳,使用該信用卡付款,「有意永久剝奪該公司的財物...,假稱你獲授權及有權使用」該信用卡,指控中稱。
第三項指控指控納西索於5月19日再次使用該卡,這次是在中環世界大廈的Luvenus Jewellery購買一枚金戒指。隨後,她據稱前往Friendly Jewelry Ltd.購買另一枚金戒指,同樣使用該信用卡付款。
檢控官尋求押後以徵求進一步法律意見,裁判官將下次聆訊定於8月28日繼續進行。
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