Picture from DYHP | through Paul Lauro
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 24-year-old lady acquired jailed after she was accused of attempting to shoplift undergarments and skincare merchandise value not less than P10,000 from a mall on the North Reclamation Space (NRA) right here final Saturday, Dec. 28.
However the suspect denied the allegations, including that she solely forgot to pay these.
Authorities from the Mabolo Police Station arrested a service crew working in the identical mall, whom they recognized solely as ‘Lee,’ after she allegedly tried to steal a number of underwear, garments, lotion and make-up from a division retailer final Saturday midday.
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They confiscated three items of panties with a complete value of P2,097; 5 plain blouses value P2,995; two sunscreen lotions value P993; anti-acne serum value P369 and a pair of lively leggings value P800 from the suspect.
Safety guards and division retailer workers informed investigators that they caught the lady attempting to cart away the gadgets and instantly caught up together with her in a close-by restaurant.
Finally, they turned her over to the Mabolo Police Station the place she is at the moment detained.
No plans to steal
Nevertheless, in her protection, Lee, a resident of Brgy. Basak Pardo, stated she had no plans to steal the gadgets which prices round P10,000 in whole.
In an interview with lawyer Ruphil Bañoc for Cebu-based radio station dyHP’s Straight to the Level, Lee claimed she had no intentions to shoplift and that she had merely forgotten to pay the gadgets.
The suspect stated she went purchasing on the division retailer Saturday midday.
At the moment, there have been no purchasing baskets round so she determined to make use of her personal paper bag to put the gadgets.
However afterward, she acquired hungry and upon seeing the lengthy queues within the cost counters, determined to go to a close-by fast-food restaurant to eat.
Unpaid gadgets
Lee added that she misplaced focus and introduced the unpaid gadgets together with her to the restaurant, the place the pinnacle guard of the division retailer discovered her.
Throughout the interrogation, she additionally stated that the guards apparently refused to just accept her debit card as cost for the unpaid gadgets, and informed her that she should pay in money.
“Wala ko’y dalang money atong panahona,” stated Lee.
(I didn’t have any money that point.)
Alternatively, Mabolo police are nonetheless conducting additional investigation into the case whereas Dave Tumulak, the barangay captain of Basak Pardo, provided to mediate within the case between the accused and the mall administration.
Because of the incident, Lee, a single mom, stated she was afraid of dropping her job, which she stated was her solely supply of revenue to maintain her and her kids’s wants.
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