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Student given probation for stealing from Universal Studio locker
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 15 July 2011 1500 hrs
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SINGAPORE: A 19-year-old student has been given probation for stealing from an Universal Studio locker.
Joel Teo Jie'Ao and his girlfriend Candy Han had hired an electronic locker at Sentosa's Universal Studio theme park on June 7.
But due to a technical fault in the system, the door of another locker - with valuables inside - popped open.
The pair could have reported the matter to the park staff. Instead, they decided to help themselves to the valuables in the locker which had been hired by Madam Lim Leh Kuan.
Teo and Han, who is unemployed, made off with items including cash and a hand-held game worth more than S$2,000 in all.
For theft, Teo on Friday was given a year's probation and has to perform 100 hours of community service.
Twenty-six-year-old Han, who admitted to the offence in June, was sentenced to a month's jail.
She was jailed for five months last year when she was convicted on two counts of theft in another incident.
The court heard that on the day of the theft at the Sentosa theme park, Madam Lim, a 66-year-old housewife, had placed her belongings inside her locker, located near "the Mummy" ride.
About 20 minutes later, she returned to find her valuables missing from the locker. She informed the police and security officers managed to track down the two thieves after viewing closed-circuit television footages of the area.
All of the stolen items were successfully recovered.
- CNA/fa
