Woman fined for stealing from 4-year-old
Singapore — A part-time cleaner was fined S$6,000 for stealing a gold chain and pendant from a four-year-old boy.
Singapore — A part-time cleaner was fined S$6,000 for stealing a gold chain and pendant from a four-year-old boy.
Loi Liang Ngoh stole the items from the boy while they were in the lift. The incident occurred in mid-March 2013, at about 5.30pm at Lower Delta Road.
Investigations revealed that the victim was playing with his four-year-old cousin, using the lift to go up and down a block of flats.
Loi, 51, then entered the lift at the tenth floor and stole the gold chain and pendant, valued at S$2,800.
The CCTV in the lift captured the offence.
She later sold the chain and pendant to a jewellery shop for S$1,240.
In mitigation, the defence stressed that Loi did not plan the theft. In addition, she was plagued by health problems and committed the crime due to financial difficulties.
Loi, who lives in a two-room rented flat with her odd-job worker husband, was ordered to pay the fine in instalments. CHANNEL NEWSASIA
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