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Mar 28, 2011
2 Indonesians jailed for stealing from shoppers
By Elena Chong
TWO Indonesian women who stole mainly electronic items from shoppers along Orchard Road were each jailed for 18 weeks on Monday.
Helda Lastria, 31, and Nursilawati, 37, admitted to three charges of theft from person and one of shoplifting each.
Eight other charges were considered during their sentencing.
The court heard that the manager of New Look at 313@Somerset saw them walking in on March 5 and found them to resemble two women who were involved in a theft two days earlier.
She detained them and called the police.
They were found with three stolen items worth $70 from Uniqlo at the same shopping mall.
When police raided their hotel room in Geylang, they found an assortment of mobile phones.
These included an iPhone stolen from Ms Lim Hui Shan, 27, on March 2; a Blackberry from an Indonesian woman on March 3; and a BlackBerry from an 18-year-old student on March 4.
